Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Rare Wasserschutzpolizei Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle, By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Newly Listed who had helped the war

who had helped the war effort or aided the wounded

a black grade award

Footnote: James Hawkins was born on July 3

1890 in Birmingham

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Rare Wasserschutzpolizei Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle, By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Newly Listed who had helped the war(Wasserschutzpolizei Grtelschnalle). Constructed of gilded aluminum, the obverse bearing a central raised mobile swastika, circumscribed by a raised inscription of GOTT MIT UNS (GOD WITH US) in Fraktur script and oak leaf branches, the reverse with a loop and swivel attachment claws, the latter retaining a period original brown leather strap maker marked F. W. ASSMANN & SHNE, LDENSCHEID, above a manufacture date of 1938, the buckle unmarked and