A Third Reich Free State Of Hesse Fire Defence Service Officer's Belt Buckle Archive it was noted that there

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A First Class War Merit Cross with Swords by Steinhauer & Luck

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marked inside of the lid Deschler & Sohn

A Third Reich Free State Of Hesse Fire Defence Service Officer's Belt Buckle Archive it was noted that there(Freistaat Hessen): In silver bronze, unmarked reverse, measuring 48. 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,