A Rheinland Fire Defence Service Officer's Belt Buckle Auction in good to very fine

in good to very fine condition overall

Mary Harley of Hamilton

gilt wear with scattered enamel chipping and loss overall

both sections with numerous subheadings in white china marker

leg swollen"

A Rheinland Fire Defence Service Officer's Belt Buckle Auction in good to very fineIn cast bronze, unmarked reverse, measuring 47. 8 mm, worn, 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 & Brocades of the Third Reich, published in 2001.