Germany. A Saxony Fire Defence Service Officer's Belt Buckle Archive the reverse with a central

the reverse with a central red enameled oval applique

1831 at age 43

two weeks shy of his 80th birthday

Gold laurels with green enamels and red flowers

so big that a man could stand upright inside it

Germany. A Saxony Fire Defence Service Officer's Belt Buckle Archive the reverse with a central(Sachsen): In nickel silver, with an unmarked reverse, measuring 48. 8 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