Germany, Luftwaffe. A Belt Buckle for Enlisted Ranks, Mid-War Example, by Richard Sieper & Söhne consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac He signed his CEF Attestation

He signed his CEF Attestation Paper on September 25

the obverse with a leftward-facing bust of Duke William Ernst

marked "Pn"

in response to the work of members of the Order in the relief of suffering following the catastrophic earthquake and tidal wave in Calabro-Siculo in 1908 and the Italo-Turkish war of 1911-1912

and an overall body length of 720 mm

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Belt Buckle for Enlisted Ranks, Mid-War Example, by Richard Sieper & Söhne consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac He signed his CEF Attestation(Luftwaffe Grtelschnalle fr Mannschaften). Constructed of dark grey painted magnetic steel, the obverse bearing a central Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika on a pebbled field, situated within an oval laurel leaf wreath joined together at the bottom by ribbon, the reverse with a loop and claws emanating from a functional roller, the latter retaining an original brown leather strap, the buckle maker marked with the logo of Richard Sieper &