A Third Reich Hesse Fire Defence Service Enlisted Man's Belt Buckle; Published Example Auction appears to have been cut

appears to have been cut down left side

In bronzed aluminum

1916 and promoted to Acting Bombardier on April 24th

where in the course of a year and a half (April 1943 to October 1944)

GURSCHNER WIEN VII/2"

A Third Reich Hesse Fire Defence Service Enlisted Man's Belt Buckle; Published Example Auction appears to have been cutIn stamped aluminum with stamped aluminum affixed by four tabs, unmarked reverse, measuring 47. 7 mm x 63 mm, near mint. This particular buckle is illustrated on page 429 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