United States. An Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal, Cased Auction and Obersturmbannführer Bayer in the

and Obersturmbannführer Bayer in the background

the black strapping is highlighted with aluminum and blue stitching with the slide matching the strapping

After half a year of almost continuous campaigning

This particular buckle is illustrated on page 358 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

with enamelled red cross

United States. An Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal, Cased Auction and Obersturmbannführer Bayer in theFullsize in bronze gilt, measuring 32. 7 mm in diameter, original ribbon with brooch pinback; and Miniature in bronze gilt, measuring 16 in diameter, original ribbon with dual push pins. Extremely fine. Accompanied by its 35 mm (w) x 10. 5 mm (h) ribbon bar with dual push pins, its 15. 8 mm (w) x 5 mm (h) enameled ribbon bar with push pin and its 9. 5 mm in diameter rosette, in its hardshelled case of issue, marked "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" on the