Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Rare Wasserschutzpolizei EM/NCO’s Belt Buckle, by Christian Theodor Dicke consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 52 mm (w) x 22

52 mm (w) x 22

9mm (h – inclusive of cross adorned crown suspension)

an unmarked example but displaying the usual manufacturing characteristics of Variant #4 from Wilhelm Deumer of Lüdenscheid

which was mobilized in Fredericton in the spring of 1915

the obverse with a leftward-facing profile of Grand Duke Friedrich August

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Rare Wasserschutzpolizei EM/NCO’s Belt Buckle, by Christian Theodor Dicke consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 52 mm (w) x 22(Wasserschutzpolizei Grtelschnalle fr Mannschaften). Constructed of gilded and pebbled magnetic steel, the obverse bearing a central raised mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of GOT MITT UNS (GOD WITH US) and oak leaf branches, the reverse with a loop and attachment claws emanating from a functional roller, maker marked with the logo of Christian Theodor Dicke, Ldenscheid, measuring 64 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), demonstrating minor loss of gilt