A 1938 Luftwaffe Pattern Enlisted Man's Belt Buckle By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Auction to protect men eligible for

to protect men eligible for military service but engaged in essential war work from being accosted by young women in the street who would hand them white feathers and accuse them of being slackers

1 Division Rest Station wounded on July 26

green enamelled disk in the centre highlighting the voided areas above

marked "STAHLBODEN" (steel bottom)

maker marked "Schwerin Berlin"

A 1938 Luftwaffe Pattern Enlisted Man's Belt Buckle By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Auction to protect men eligible forIn stamped steel, painted luftwaffe field blue, unmarked reverse, measuring 48. 5 mm x 65. 7 mm, tab emboss stamped with "F. W. ASSMANN & SHNE LDENSCHEID" maker mark, worn but better than 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