Germany, Third Reich. A Pair of Buckles for Enlisted Ranks, Heer and HJ Issue GTRexclude 42nd HIGHDS 1873-4)

42nd HIGHDS 1873-4)

with a center applique in bronze gilt

but displaying the characteristics of “Otto Schinkle

bearing “DER TAPFERKEIT” (translation: For Bravery)

as part of his unit

Germany, Third Reich. A Pair of Buckles for Enlisted Ranks, Heer and HJ Issue GTRexclude 42nd HIGHDS 1873-4)1. A Heer buckle for Enlisted ranks, constructed of grey painted magnetic steel, the obverse bearing a central raised Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, situated within a ribbed ring bearing an inscription of GOTT MIT UNS (GOD WITH US) with oak leaf branches, the reverse with a loop and claws emanating from a functional roller, maker marked with the logo of Christian Theodor Dicke, Ldenscheid, with a date of 1943, measuring