Germany, DRK. A Red Cross Belt Buckle for Enlisted Personnel, Second Pattern Republic of and small groups of Red

and small groups of Red Army troops managed to escape the cauldron days after the German pincers met east of the city

Footnote: During World War I

(Luftwaffe Gürtel mit Schnalle)

the reverse maker marked “SCHWERTNER

and moderate oxidation and loss of paint to the scabbard

Germany, DRK. A Red Cross Belt Buckle for Enlisted Personnel, Second Pattern Republic of and small groups of Red(Deutsches Rotes Kreuz Grtelschnalle fr Mannschaften). Constructed of pebbled aluminum, the obverse bearing a central raised DRK style German national eagle clutching a Geneva Cross and overlaid by a mobile swastika, situated within an oval laurel leaf wreath, the reverse with a loop and attachment claws emanating from a functional roller, maker marked with the logo of Overhoff & Cie, Ldenscheid, measuring 64 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), in extremely fine