Germany, Luftwaffe. An Enlisted Personnel Belt Buckle, By Noelle & Hueck Archive 4 cm (w) x 10

4 cm (w) x 10

highlighted by such famous follies as the Light Cavalry Brigade's gallant but futile charge at Balaclava

Constructed of iron core and silvered brass

and a brown leather strap

on a traditional Spanish-style horizontal hanger with pinback)

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Enlisted Personnel Belt Buckle, By Noelle & Hueck Archive 4 cm (w) x 10(Luftwaffe Grtelschnalle). Constructed of olive drab painted magnetic metal (tropical version), the obverse bearing a central raised Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika over a pebbled background, set within an oval laurel leaf wreath, the reverse with a loop and swivel attachment prongs retaining a period original brown leather strap, both the buckle and strap maker marked with the logo of Noelle & Hueck, Ldenscheid, with the latter also