Germany, Prussia. An Imperial German EM/NCO Belt Buckle Province of China (Bruststern zum Großkreuz)

(Bruststern zum Großkreuz)

demonstrating soiling to the ribbons

measuring 84 mm x 35 mm

At the end of the furlough

before returning to the 23rd Reserve Battalion for duty

Germany, Prussia. An Imperial German EM/NCO Belt Buckle Province of China (Bruststern zum Großkreuz)(Koppelschloss Grtelschnalle). 1915 1918 issue. Constructed of grey painted magnetic steel, the obverse bearing a central raised crown, situated within a circular ribbed ring bearing an inscription of Gott mit Uns (God with Us) with laurel branches, the reverse with a bridge loop and attachment claws on a functional roller, unmarked, measuring 62 mm (w) x 47 mm (l), with signs of reddish oxidation on the reverse, but in overall better than very fine