Germany, NSDAP. A Political Leader’s Belt and Buckle, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Komturkreuz in Gold)

Komturkreuz in Gold)

the obverse bearing a central raised column overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

the battle was the first time that a former colonial force (the 1st Canadian Division) defeated a major European power (the German Empire) on European soil

complete with a red felt centrepiece

Germany, NSDAP. A Political Leader’s Belt and Buckle, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Komturkreuz in Gold)(NSDAP Feldbinde fr Politische Leiter). A Political Leaders belt and buckle set, the former constructed of brown leather, one end featuring a reverse tongue perforated with seven sets of dual eyelets for an adjustable fit, the opposite end stitched into a loop to accommodate a gilded aluminum loop which bears raised oak leaves throughout the obverse, and with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo on the reverse accompanied by a makers code of M4 39 for F.