Germany, Heer. A Belt Buckle for Enlisted Ranks, Early Wartime Issue, by Dr. Franke & Co. visually-hidden surrounded by the inscription FAMA

surrounded by the inscription FAMA

also very fine)

1915 and would later serve in the rank of Second Lieutenant with the Northumberland Fusiliers

although his Attestation Paper states only A

63x63mm (oak leaves 17

Germany, Heer. A Belt Buckle for Enlisted Ranks, Early Wartime Issue, by Dr. Franke & Co. visually-hidden surrounded by the inscription FAMA(Heer Grtelschnalle fr Mannschaften). Constructed of grey painted magnetic steel, the obverse bearing a central raised Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, situated within a ribbed ring bearing an inscription of GOTT MIT UNS (GOD WITH US) with oak leaf branches, the reverse with a loop and claws emanating from a functional roller, the latter retaining an original brown leather strap, the buckle maker marked with the logo of