with a receiver buckle on one end and a leather adjustment buckle with eight double punched sizing holes on the other
the bar missing its catch
and an unidentified Maltese Cross applique
why should it be restricted to men who left Australia or New Zealand before the end of 1914
(Waffen-SS Gürtelschnalle für Offizier)
Germany, Wehrmacht. A General Assault Badge, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne visually-hidden with a receiver buckle on(Allgemeines Sturmabzeichen). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, surrounding a central Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, situated above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, the reverse with an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting an integral catch, maker marked with the logo of F. W. Assmann & Shne, Ldenscheid, above a die code of 3, and demonstrating Assmanns