A Feldjägerkorps Buckle

Buckle constructed of brass, 62mm x 48mm, plain field, with affixed six pointed star, centering Prussian eagle with small swastika on his chest, in worn condition. Footnote: Feldjägerkorps existed for a short time, first being a SA policing unit, created in October 1933, then absorbed into Prussian Police on April 1 1935. Scarce buckle.

Footnote: From the collection of approximately 900 German buckles accumulated by John R. Angolia, who start collecting buckles, belts and brocades from 1944 until around 1990; most of the buckles were obtained from the American and German veterans; most of these buckles present a core of Angolia’s book “Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich”, published in 2001.