A Naval Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Wächtler & Lange Archive This particular buckle is illustrated

This particular buckle is illustrated on page 438 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

While in England at Lark Hill

NSDAP Gau Mittelfranken Hesselberg Tinnie

A Kriegsabzeichen für Minensuch

and Eagle Cap Badge (bronze

A Naval Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Wächtler & Lange Archive This particular buckle is illustratedA textbook nonmagnetic private purchase Naval Iron Cross 1939 First Class by Wchtler & Lange; in silver with a blackened brass (non magnetic) core; vertical slender banjo style vertical pinback with a barrel hinge and a flat wire catch; unmarked, but exhibiting the trademarks of Wchter & Lange, Mittweida manufacture; flat; measuring 43. 73 mm x 43. 71 mm; weighing 19. 5 grams; better than very fine condition with some light paint wear on the swastika.