Germany, Third Reich. An Elaborate Patriotic Belt Buckle visually-hidden ELVERDISSEN”

ELVERDISSEN”

Service in the regular and reserve or auxiliary forces of the Commonwealth of Nations is counted towards the decoration

Stahel joined the Imperial German army in 1911 as an officer cadet

A First World War combatant’s medal bar

(Orden der württembergischen Krone Kreuz der Ehrenritter)

Germany, Third Reich. An Elaborate Patriotic Belt Buckle visually-hidden ELVERDISSEN”(Grtelschnalle). Constructed of gilded bronze with cut glass gems, the obverse consisting of a gently vaulted swastika, decorated throughout the arms with raised arabesques and oak leaves, each inset with a translucent blue glass gems, bearing a central raised swastika similarly inset with 17 clear glass gems, the reverse with dual integral loops, with a clip emanating from the centre loop, unmarked, measuring 58 mm (w) x 58 mm (h), demonstrating