Germany, Wehrmacht. A Standard Service Belt Buckle United Republic of small rings at the base

small rings at the base to attach the dagger hangers

the opposite side illustrating crossed sword and trumpet over a box and topped by a picklehaube

with SS EM/NCO buckle construction in prior years being from nickel and then aluminum and eventually a few were even made in zinc

but ink will be a very scarce article until we go back to billets next time

Remaining with the 4th Regiment

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Standard Service Belt Buckle United Republic of small rings at the base(Wehrmacht Koppelschloss). Constructed of pebbled silver finished aluminum; the obverse with a raised central field with a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, surrounded by the inscription GOTT MIT UNS (German God with us) on the top half, with a laurel wreath tied together at the base via a ribbon on the bottom half; the reverse plain; with a stamped catch and a dual prong spring bar; unmarked; measuring 62 mm (w) x 48 mm (h); in mint