A Westfalen State Forestry Service Officer's Belt Buckle Newly Listed Iron Cross Second Class 1939

Iron Cross Second Class 1939 - Silver and black paint

Original Signature on Post War Photo: Johannes (Hannes) Schulze

The hilt fittings are fabricated from 800 silver (tested)

The underside of the visor and neck guard are synthetic and finished in green

A Westfalen State Forestry Service Officer's Belt Buckle Newly Listed Iron Cross Second Class 1939In cast silvered bronze, unmarked reverse, measuring 48 mm, missing its hook on the reverse, 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