Netherlands, Occupied Territory. A Rare Nationale Jugenstorm Officer's Belt Buckle, Archive Groff Brothers

Groff Brothers

himself having fought at the Battles of the Somme and Vimy Ridge

the image overlaid by von Brauchitsch’s handwritten signature in black ink

KRIEGERVEREIN"

with an additional hairline crack extending approximately one-third of the way down from the rim directly beside the handle

Netherlands, Occupied Territory. A Rare Nationale Jugenstorm Officer's Belt Buckle, Archive Groff BrothersIn die stamped silvered zinc, two piece construction, measuring 47. 3 mm (h) x 54 mm (w), worn, otherwise fine. The Nationale Jeugdstorm (NJS) was a Dutch youth organization established in 1930s and active during the Second World War. This movement was inspired by the German Hitler Youth, and played a similar political social role, but on a much smaller scale.