Germany, Ss. An Early Issue & Rare Officer’s Belt & Buckle In Nickel, By Overhoff & Cie Newly Listed The blade is of fine

The blade is of fine quality and in good very fine condition

Order of the Legion of Honour 1830-1848 - Knight

Each man before enlisting was required to pass a test as to his technical ability before he joined the unit which was the pioneer Canadian Railway Construction Unit in France

old original ribbon

reverse cartouche maker marked

Germany, Ss. An Early Issue & Rare Officer’s Belt & Buckle In Nickel, By Overhoff & Cie Newly Listed The blade is of fineA fine example of a period worn SS Officers belt and belt buckle. The buckle is constructed of stamped nickel, with a silver finish; the obverse consisting of a raised field depicting a wreathed static swastika that is held in the talons of an open winged eagle, with a banner below reading Meine Ehre heit Treue; the reverse marked O.&C. (Overhoff & Cie, Ldenscheid) and Ges. Gesch. on the reverse; measuring 49 mm in diameter; complete with its receiver