Germany, SS. A Waffen-SS Officer’s Belt Buckle, by Overhoff & Cie Archive Footnote: The award has instituted

Footnote: The award has instituted in 1953 for national esteem and gratitude to all those who had actively participated in the final phase of the struggle for national independence

Royal Arthur

but experienced collector’s believe this to depict the manufacturing characteristics of early war manufacture (judging from the hand-cut details on the left wing) of “Friedrich Linden

Footnote Hauptmann Georg Grüner: Georg Grüner (1915–1944) was born in German South-West Africa

of Woonsocket

Germany, SS. A Waffen-SS Officer’s Belt Buckle, by Overhoff & Cie Archive Footnote: The award has instituted(Waffen SS Feldbindenschloss fr Offiziere). Constructed of aluminum, the obverse bearing a raised SS style German national eagle clutching a wreathed swastika, situated above a banner bearing an inscription of MEINE EHRE HEIT TREUE (MY HONOUR IS LOYALTY) the reverse with a clip and loop with attachment claws emanating from a functional roller, marked with a Reichszeugmeisteri logo, an SS logo, and the logo and maker code of Overhoff & Cie, Ldenscheid,