Germany, Hj. A Hj Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle By Richard Sieper & Söhne Auction Archive with the leather liner depicting

with the leather liner depicting wartime wear

The forward leather visor has magnetic sheet metal trim to the forward edge secured by two large dome headed rivets

The pictures show German military and merchant ships during parades

where he was re-mustered form Cook Group 2 to Cook Group 3

He was a pilot of a DH2 single seater aircraft and was wounded while engaging in aerial combat with an enemy aircraft over Bapaume on 11 March 1917

Germany, Hj. A Hj Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle By Richard Sieper & Söhne Auction Archive with the leather liner depicting(HJ Grtelschnalle). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse with a central raised German national eagle clutching a HJ insignia, within a ribbed border bearing an inscription of BLUT UND EHRE (BLOOD AND HONOR), the reverse with a loop and dual attachment prongs, with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and maker code M4 38 for Richard Sieper & Shne, Ldenscheid, measuring 62 mm (w) x 49 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.