A Third Reich Hannover Fire Defence Service Officer's Belt Buckle Auction maker marked for Hermann Wernstein

maker marked for Hermann Wernstein

The back cover lists twenty-one war maps

he was the co-owner of Pragnell & Cosier

The original

joining the new 3rd Canadian Division

A Third Reich Hannover Fire Defence Service Officer's Belt Buckle Auction maker marked for Hermann WernsteinIn cast brass, with an unmarked reverse, measuring 48. 7 mm, worn, very 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, published in 2001.