A Third Reich Period Civilian Band Member's Belt Buckle Auction Archive Military Merit Cross 1st

Military Merit Cross 1st

GESCH" (Gesetzlich Geschützt) and marked "39" (1939)

due to wounds

7 mm x 57 mm inclusive of its crown suspension

view from the Citadel

A Third Reich Period Civilian Band Member's Belt Buckle Auction Archive Military Merit Cross 1stIn silvered steel with bronze insignia affixed by two welded rivets, unmarked reverse, measuring 48 mm x 62. 5 mm, worn, 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 &