A Thüringen Fire Defence Service Officer's Belt Buckle Newly Listed 1917 to the end of

1917 to the end of the war

illustrating a swan (symbolic of Spanish Fascist Youth) with the Fascist yolk and arrows insignia inside a circular gear on its chest

He is remembered with honour on the Singapore Memorial

HARVEY" in black ink on the side panel

Importantly the interior of the cap is extremely well marked with over nine separate production

A Thüringen Fire Defence Service Officer's Belt Buckle Newly Listed 1917 to the end ofIn cast silvered brass, with unmarked reverse, measuring 48. 3 mm, extremely 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.