A German National Forestry Service Official's Belt Buckle Archive One of the leather securing

One of the leather securing straps is missing and now have a piece of wire in place as a temporary holder

well worn buckle

and bronze

s cap insignia

For this action he was awarded the Iron Cross First Class

A German National Forestry Service Official's Belt Buckle Archive One of the leather securingIn blackened aluminum, unmarked reverse, measuring 50. 5 mm x 54. 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,