Germany, Heer. An EM/NCO’s Belt Buckle, by Richard Sieper & Söhne Auction Archive center disk on reverse damaged

center disk on reverse damaged with pin missing

Because of the helpless condition of his wounded crew members First Lieutenant Lawley elected to remain with the ship and bring them to safety if it was humanly possible

The photographer is Johannes Olsen from Copenhagen

to recognize services during the Patriotic War against the Italian occupation of 1935-1941

Germany, Heer. An EM/NCO’s Belt Buckle, by Richard Sieper & Söhne Auction Archive center disk on reverse damaged(Heer Grtelschnalle fr Mannschaften und Unteroffiziere). Constructed of magnetic steel with olive drab paint, 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 laurel branches, the reverse with a loop and attachment claws emanating from a functional roller, the latter retaining a brown leather strap bearing a makers