A Luftwaffe Officer's Brocade Dress Belt Buckle Hold then taken on strength with

then taken on strength with HL 3 RCR on June 9

though it is known "Braca Knaus" was the sole maker of this badge

numbered "9620" and marked "GOSHEN OHIO" on the right and left sides

he joined the 4th Engineering Battalion in the Field

a blackened canvas liner with underlying burlap support and leather backer

A Luftwaffe Officer's Brocade Dress Belt Buckle Hold then taken on strength withIn silvered bronze, with gilt eagle affixed by two rivets, unmarked reverse, measuring 48. 7 mm x 54. 3 mm, worn, near very 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 &