Germany, Luftwaffe. An Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle Newly Listed Footnote: The Order of Medjidie

Footnote: The Order of Medjidie (Mecidiye) was instituted in 1851

instead the badges manufactured and issued in the Summer of 1920

Glider Regiment

and Seven-Ribbon Ribbon Bar (15

Inserted into the moisture guard is a small size tab reading “57 ½”

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle Newly Listed Footnote: The Order of Medjidie(Luftwaffe Grtelschnalle). Constructed of grey painted magnetic metal, the obverse bearing a raised Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika on a pebbled background, set within an oval laurel leaf wreath, the reverse with a loop and swivel attachment claws connecting to a period original brown leather strap, unmarked, measuring 64 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), with some oxidation and loss of finish evident, in better than very fine condition.