Germany, Third Reich. A Bavarian State Forestry Official’s Belt and Buckle Newly Listed within a wide bordered circle

within a wide bordered circle

unmarked but displaying German-made manufacturing characteristics - likely made by Friedrich Sedlatzek of Berlin

stars are plated

each stitched to a card stock bearing bearing a handwritten-German language inscription indicating that they were retrieved from the greatcoat of a Russian prisoner of war (POW) in 1916

(as aquired)

Germany, Third Reich. A Bavarian State Forestry Official’s Belt and Buckle Newly Listed within a wide bordered circle(Forstdienst Grtel und Schnalle). A matching Bavarian State Forestry Service officials belt and buckle, the former constructed of pressed dark green leather, the reverse featuring a green wool underlay, with two sliding loops of identical construction, one end retaining a reverse leather tongue perforated with seven sets of dual eyelets for an adjustable fit, the opposite end stitched into a loop to retain the buckle, the tongue stamped with a size