Germany, SS. A Waffen-SS Belt Buckle for Enlisted Ranks, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne Archive one repaired

one repaired

label sewn in place under the sweatband

with the top of the image overlaid by a handwritten inscription of “ZU BESUCH IN DER ALTEN HEIMAT” (“TO VISIT IN THE OLD HOMELAND”) followed by a signature

while three horizontally-arranged threaded loops just above the same pocket facilitate attachment of a ribbon bar

he was taken on strength by the 154th battalion while arriving in France

Germany, SS. A Waffen-SS Belt Buckle for Enlisted Ranks, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne Archive one repaired(Waffen SS Koppelschlo fr Mannschaften). Constructed of aluminum, the obverse bearing a raised SS style German national eagle clutching a wreathed swastika, situated within a ribbed ring bearing an inscription of MEINE EHRE HEIT TREUE (MY HONOUR IS LOYALTY), the reverse with a catch and claws emanating from a functional roller, marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo, a maker code of 155 39 for F. W. Assmann & Shne, Ldenscheid, and double Sig