Germany, Heer. An Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle 1938 certificate_of_authenticity with MARINE - FLIEGER ABTEILUNG

with MARINE - FLIEGER ABTEILUNG cap tally (seen in accompanying portrait)

the obverse inscribed with the cipher of Friedrich

inscribed LUDOVICUS II MAGN

PEKIN 1860

Germany, Heer. An Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle 1938 certificate_of_authenticity with MARINE - FLIEGER ABTEILUNG(Heer Grtelschnalle). Constructed of aluminum, the obverse bearing a raised central Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, within a ribbed ring bearing a raised inscription of GOTT MIT UNS (GOD IS WITH US) and oak branches, the reverse with a loop and dual attachment prongs, retaining a short length of brown leather belt, stamped with the illegible makers mark of a Ldenscheid based manufacture and a date of 1938, measuring 62 mm