An Early German Imperial, Weimar Republic Fire Defence Belt Buckle GTRexclude Mounted on new ribbon

Mounted on new ribbon

Basic Pilot

Royal Canadian Air Force airman J-19723 Flying Officer (Rear Gunner) Joseph Alfred Henri Bernard “Ben” Marceau of Montreal

and Bronze Grade (bronze-coloured gilt

and by 1994 had become a Lieutenant

An Early German Imperial, Weimar Republic Fire Defence Belt Buckle GTRexclude Mounted on new ribbonIn silvered nickel with bronze gilt centre, unmarked, measuring 48. 5 mm x 62 mm, very fine. A similar buckle is illustrated on page 421 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich, Revised Edition" by John R. Angolia and came from his personal collection. Footnote: From the collection of approximately 900 German buckles accumulated by John R. Angolia, who start collecting buckles, belts and brocades from 1944 until around 1990; most of the buckles