Germany, Luftwaffe. An Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle, By Dransfeld & Co. United Republic of The 185th Infantry Battalion was

The 185th Infantry Battalion was raised in Cape Breton

with a glass jewel pommel base

measuring 44 mm (w) x 113 mm (h)

1852 without purchase

in gilded zink with the majority of the gilding still intact

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle, By Dransfeld & Co. United Republic of The 185th Infantry Battalion was(Luftwaffe Grtelschnalle fr Mannschaften). Constructed of aluminum, the obverse bearing a central raised Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, set within an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, the reverse with a loop and swivel attachment claws, the latter retaining an original brown leather strap bearing an embossed manufacture date of 1936, circumscribed by a makers mark of DRANSFELD & CO, MENDEN, measuring 64 mm