Germany, Hj. A Hj Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle By Richard Sieper & Söhne Auction Archive with the leather liner depicting

with the leather liner depicting wartime wear

on January 22

where he was re-mustered form Cook Group 2 to Cook Group 3

A cloth version of the Iron Cross

He was a pilot of a DH2 single seater aircraft and was wounded while engaging in aerial combat with an enemy aircraft over Bapaume on 11 March 1917

Germany, Hj. A Hj Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle By Richard Sieper & Söhne Auction Archive with the leather liner depicting(HJ Grtelschnalle). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse with a central raised German national eagle clutching a HJ insignia, within a ribbed border bearing an inscription of BLUT UND EHRE (BLOOD AND HONOR), the reverse with a loop and dual attachment prongs, with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and maker code M4 38 for Richard Sieper & Shne, Ldenscheid, measuring 62 mm (w) x 49 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.