Germany, Third Reich. A Pair Of Enlisted Personnel Belt Buckles United Republic of including one depicting Oberfeldwebel Franz

including one depicting Oberfeldwebel Franz Hofbauer (Knight’s Cross 20 January 1944)

with blue and white enameled rhombuses between the arms of the cross

thus enabling his captain to make the appropriate defensive manoeuvres

He continued to rise in the ranks

Germany, Third Reich. A Pair Of Enlisted Personnel Belt Buckles United Republic of including one depicting Oberfeldwebel Franz(Grtelschnallen). A pair of Enlisted personnel belt buckles, including a Heer buckle, constructed of magnetic metal, the obverse bearing a raised Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, within a ribbed ring bearing an inscription of GOTT MIT UNS (GOD WITH US) and oak leaf branches, the reverse with a loop and swivel attachment claws, unmarked, measuring 64 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), with some oxidation evident, in very fine condition,