A 1938 Pattern German Red Cross (Deutsches Rotes Kreuz) Officer's Belt Buckle

In stamped aluminum, marked "GES. GESCH. 1" (Gesetzlich Geschützt 1) and museum code in red ink with the code "H.101-51" on the reverse, measuring 50 mm, extremely fine.

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.