horizontal pinback with an integral hinge and a round wire catch
joined through the quadrants by a mobile swastika
white and green enamelled insignia bearing a painted image of the Virgin Mary
A textbook example of a worn Wehrmacht Heer (Army) EM/NCO’s service belt buckle
the armband is no longer stitched into a loop and there is a small hole to the top right of the swastika emblem
United States. A Silver Star, Cased Newly Listed horizontal pinback with an integralInstituted July 16 1932 by the Secretary of War. A Silver Star of two piece construction, a silver star placed upon a bronze gilt star base, measures 36mm (w) x 45mm (h inclusive of integral suspension squared ring), worn on original ribbon with a full wrap brooch and C clasp, very light contact, in extremely fine condition. Accompanied by its ribbon bar, measuring 35mm (w) x 10mm (h), and its enamelled lapel pin measuring 17mm (w) x 3. 5mm (h), with