Germany, Third Reich. A German Horse Driver’s Badge, Ii Class In Silver, By L. Christian Lauer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac This particular buckle is illustrated

This particular buckle is illustrated on page 384 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

in Schrettinger

(Kriegsmarine Porträt mit Unterschrift)

dated 2 May 1944

with a band in front of us

Germany, Third Reich. A German Horse Driver’s Badge, Ii Class In Silver, By L. Christian Lauer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac This particular buckle is illustrated(Deutsches Fahrer Abzeichen II. Klasse in Silber). Instituted 16 May 1930. (1930 1945 issue). Constructed of silver, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a stylized belt surrounding a letter R, around a central depiction of a manned chariot pulled by two horses, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, maker marked L. CHR. LAUER, NRNBERG and stamped with a silver