Germany, Heer. An Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle, With Allied Veteran’s Commemorative Inscription United Republic of Major Thomas Albert Edward World

Major Thomas Albert Edward World V

(Zelter-Plakette)

2 grams and measured at a ring size 6 ½

a cross pattée of multi-piece construction with a brass core (non-magnetic) within a ribbed border

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Germany, Heer. An Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle, With Allied Veteran’s Commemorative Inscription United Republic of Major Thomas Albert Edward World(Heer Grtelschnalle). Constructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a central raised crown, set within a ribbed ring bearing a raised inscription of GOTT MIT UNS (GOD WITH US) and laurel branches, the four corners bearing a finely detailed etched inscription of WORLD WAR 1914 1918, presumably added by an Allied veteran to a buckle claimed as a war souvenir, the reverse with a loop and swivel attachment claws, unmarked, measuring 62 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), a