A 1938 Pattern Enlisted Man's/Nco's Belt Buckle To The Luftwaffe Clothing Department Newly Listed 1916 at East Sandling)

1916 at East Sandling)

he had been Killed in Action at Langemarck three days earlier

obverse illustrating a stylized right-facing eagle

Scotland and his brother

A 1938 Pattern Enlisted Man's/Nco's Belt Buckle To The Luftwaffe Clothing Department Newly Listed 1916 at East Sandling)In stamped pebbled aluminum, unmarked reverse, measuring 48. 5 mm x 64 mm, tab emboss stamped "L. B. A." (Luftwaffe Bekleidungs Amt = Airforce Clothing Department) with a partial maker mark but "ELD & Co" and the date "1939" clearly visible on the tab, worn, very fine. Footnote: From the collection of approximately 900 German buckles accumulated by John R. Angolia, who start collecting buckles, belts and brocades from 1944 until around 1990; most of