Germany, NSDAP. A Political Leader’s Belt and Buckle, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne United Republic of 59 mm (w) x 90

59 mm (w) x 90

1848 Jelačić was promoted to lieutenant field marshal and thus named commander of Austro-Hungarian troops in Croatia

the reverse inscribed DEM VERDIENSTE 1914 (FOR MERIT 1914) within an oak wreath

and rifle fire until the battalion commander gave the order to retreat

America Defense Service Medal (bronze

Germany, NSDAP. A Political Leader’s Belt and Buckle, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne United Republic of 59 mm (w) x 90(NSDAP Feldbinde fr Politische Leiter). A Political Leaders belt and buckle set, the former constructed of brown leather, one end featuring a reverse tongue perforated with seven sets of dual eyelets for an adjustable fit, the opposite end stitched into a loop to accommodate a gilded aluminum loop which bears raised oak leaves throughout the obverse, and with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo on the reverse accompanied by a makers code of M4 39 for F.