Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Friedrich Orth Newly Listed This badge was used by

This badge was used by the motorized Slovakian units serving on the Russian Front

This particular buckle is illustrated on page 500 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

Rhodium-plated red brass

Canadian Army Motor Mechanic School at London

the loose end of the tab broken off at the first row of adjustment holes

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, By Friedrich Orth Newly Listed This badge was used by(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback, maker marked with the logo of Friedrich Orth, Wien, measuring 43. 57 mm (w) x 56. 80 mm (h),