A Third Reich Brandenburg Fire Defence Service Officer's Belt Buckle; Published Example certificate_of_authenticity stating his birth year as

stating his birth year as 1885

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Original leather buffer pad remains intact

reverse inscribed "NIEDER SACHSENS SOHNEN DIE DANKBARE HEIMAT" (Grateful Fatherland to the Sons of Lower Saxony) inside an open-ended wreath of oak leaves

153 mm x 2

A Third Reich Brandenburg Fire Defence Service Officer's Belt Buckle; Published Example certificate_of_authenticity stating his birth year asIn gilt cast zinc alloy, unmarked reverse, measuring 48 mm, worn, near very fine. This particular buckle is illustrated on page 433 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich, Revised Edition" by John R. Angolia and came from his personal collection. 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