A Third Reich Westfalen Province Fire Defence Service Officer's Belt Buckle; Published Example Buy Now Louisiana Cross of Merit (two-piece

Louisiana Cross of Merit (two-piece construction

ranging in size from 80 mm x 111 mm to 89 mm x 140 mm)

eighty-eight pages printed in black ink on a thick white paper stock

medal bed with divider

no sharpening and a nice clean maker mark and motto

A Third Reich Westfalen Province Fire Defence Service Officer's Belt Buckle; Published Example Buy Now Louisiana Cross of Merit (two-pieceIn cast brass, unmarked reverse, measuring 48 mm, with patina, very fine. This particular buckle is illustrated on page 439 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich, Revised Edition" by John R. Angolia and came from his personal collection. 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