Germany, Rad. A Labour Service (Rad) Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle By Hermann Aurich Newly Listed At Cape Gloucester

At Cape Gloucester

surrounded by the inscription MAXIMILIANO EMPERADOR (Emperor Maximilian)

constructed of two pieces of red card stock

In "The Tablet

with central onyx cameo bust of Queen Victoria and rose diamond set legend

Germany, Rad. A Labour Service (Rad) Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle By Hermann Aurich Newly Listed At Cape Gloucester(Reichsarbeitsdienst Grtelschnalle). Constructed of aluminum, the obverse with a raised shovel head overlaid by a mobile swastika, within a circular ring bearing raised wheat stalks, the reverse with a loop and dual attachment prongs connecting to a period original leather strap, the buckle maker marked with the logo of Hermann Aurich, Dresden, the strap stamped with a makers mark of AURICH, DRESDEN, 1937, measuring 63 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), in near