Germany, Luftwaffe. A Belt Buckle for Enlisted Ranks, by Hermann Aurich visually-hidden engraved inscriptions

engraved inscriptions

painted centrepieces

he was recommended for advancement to Flying Officer in January 1944

NOVEMBER 3RD 1937”) in Fraktur script

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Belt Buckle for Enlisted Ranks, by Hermann Aurich visually-hidden engraved inscriptions(Luftwaffe Grtelschnalle fr Mannschaften). Constructed of dark slate grey painted magnetic steel, the obverse bearing a central raised Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika on a pebbled background, situated within an oval laurel leaf wreath joined together at the bottom by ribbon, the reverse with a loop and attachment claws emanating from a functional roller, the former retaining an original leather strap bearing a makers mark of H. AURICH,