Germany, Luftwaffe. An EM/NCO’s Belt Buckle
(Luftwaffe Gürtelschnalle). Constructed of patinated magnetic steel, the obverse bearing a raised Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, situated on top of a pebbled background and within an oval laurel leaf wreath joined together at the bottom by ribbon, the reverse with a loop and swivel attachment claws, the latter retaining an original brown leather strap embossed with an illegible maker’s mark circumscribing a date of “1940”, measuring 64 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.

