A Free State Of Hesse (Freistaat Hessen) Fire Defence Service Officer's Belt Buckle; Published Example Buy Now National Air Raid Protection Union

National Air Raid Protection Union "Luftschutz" Officer's Stickpin -

with only light wear and faint scratches common to extraction and return to the scabbard

N" on the obverse of the blade

hand embroidered in golden and white threads

1915 in Edmonton

A Free State Of Hesse (Freistaat Hessen) Fire Defence Service Officer's Belt Buckle; Published Example Buy Now National Air Raid Protection UnionIn cast silvered bronze, unmarked reverse, measuring 48. 5 mm, lightly worn, extremely fine. This particular buckle is illustrated on page 437 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