A German Third Reich Penal Administrative Official's Belt Buckle Newly Listed in Godet marked case of

in Godet marked case of issue

717 where the 88th had their highest casualties of the war

1915 and remembered with honour at the Ploegsteert Memorial in Comines-Warneton

hook and horizontal pinback

facing an equal number of reinforced button holes on the left

A German Third Reich Penal Administrative Official's Belt Buckle Newly Listed in Godet marked case ofIn fire gilt brass, unmarked reverse, measuring 47. 5 mm, lightly worn, extremely fine. Footnote: From the collection of approximately 900 German buckles accumulated by John R. Angolia, who start collecting buckles, belts and brocades from 1944 until around 1990; most of the buckles were obtained from the American and German veterans; most of these buckles present a core of Angolias book Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich, published in 2001.