Germany, Wehrmacht. A Standard Service Belt Buckle United Republic of Footnote: John Turner was born

Footnote: John Turner was born on December 4

with SS EM/NCO buckle construction in prior years being from nickel and then aluminum and eventually a few were even made in zinc

on November 22nd

Machine embroidered on Luftwaffe cloth backing

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Standard Service Belt Buckle United Republic of Footnote: John Turner was born(Wehrmacht Koppelschloss). Constructed of pebbled silver finished aluminum; the obverse with a raised central field with a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, surrounded by the inscription GOTT MIT UNS (German God with us) on the top half, with a laurel wreath tied together at the base via a ribbon on the bottom half; the reverse plain; with a stamped catch and a dual prong spring bar; unmarked; measuring 62 mm (w) x 48 mm (h); in mint