Germany, Luftwaffe. A Belt Buckle for Enlisted Ranks, by Hermann Aurich visually-hidden stamped with a mark of

stamped with a mark of “5266”

First Class Grand Officer Breast Star - Civil Division

It features reinforced sidewalls which slope downward at the front

he was recommended for advancement to Flying Officer in January 1944

NOVEMBER 3RD 1937”) in Fraktur script

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Belt Buckle for Enlisted Ranks, by Hermann Aurich visually-hidden stamped with a mark of(Luftwaffe Grtelschnalle fr Mannschaften). Constructed of dark slate grey painted magnetic steel, the obverse bearing a central raised Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika on a pebbled background, situated within an oval laurel leaf wreath joined together at the bottom by ribbon, the reverse with a loop and attachment claws emanating from a functional roller, the former retaining an original leather strap bearing a makers mark of H. AURICH,