Germany, Luftwaffe. An Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle, By Franz Reischauer Archive As she began to capsize

As she began to capsize to port

Rehabilitation Wing in Halifax

constructed of solid gold (inside portion) and iron (outside portion)

The 48th was a wartime regiment formed in 1940

A Luftwaffe Visor Wreath with Cockade and Visor Eagle - Wreath with Cockade: die-stamped aluminum with red and black paint on the cockade

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle, By Franz Reischauer Archive As she began to capsize(Luftwaffe Grtelschnalle). Constructed of aluminum, the obverse with a central raised Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, within an oval laurel wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, the reverse with a loop and dual attachment prongs connected to a period original brown leather strap with a partially legible makers mark reading OBERSTEIN 1939, the reverse of the buckle bearing a makers mark of F. R. for Franz Reischauer, Oberstein,