Germany, Luftwaffe. An Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle, By Franz Reischauer Archive The 48th was a wartime

The 48th was a wartime regiment formed in 1940

Of extremely high quality in gold with red

A 1934 “Der Stahlhelm” Frontsoldatentag Hamburg badge (9

with a silvered copper 1918 British One Penny coin embedded in the base

79 mm (w) x 65

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle, By Franz Reischauer Archive The 48th was a wartime(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,