A Free State Of Hesse (Freistaat Hessen) Fire Defence Service Officer's Belt Buckle; Published Example Buy Now National Air Raid Protection Union

National Air Raid Protection Union "Luftschutz" Officer's Stickpin -

with only light wear and faint scratches common to extraction and return to the scabbard

1915 in Edmonton

hand embroidered in golden and white threads

A Free State Of Hesse (Freistaat Hessen) Fire Defence Service Officer's Belt Buckle; Published Example Buy Now National Air Raid Protection UnionIn cast silvered bronze, unmarked reverse, measuring 48. 5 mm, lightly worn, extremely fine. This particular buckle is illustrated on page 437 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich, Revised Edition" by John R. Angolia and came from his personal collection. 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