Germany, Third Reich. An Athletic Association (Deutscher Turnerbund) Belt Buckle Hold Returned to U-Boat with destroyer

Returned to U-Boat with destroyer to escort it into Algiers

There are also two small buttons at the right side opening

the reverse is inscribed with “ZUM ANDENKEN AN DEN HUNDERTSTEN GEBURTSTAG DES GROßEN KAISERS WILHELM I 1797 22 MAERZ 1897” (TO REMEMBER THE HUNDRED BIRTHDAY OF THE GREAT EMPEROR WILHELM I 1797 22 MARCH 1897)

battalion (which included both the 6th and 8th company) to the infantry regiment 517

A grouping of award documents to Herbert Kwass

Germany, Third Reich. An Athletic Association (Deutscher Turnerbund) Belt Buckle Hold Returned to U-Boat with destroyerIn stamped brass with silvered & gilt bronze face plate, reverse is unmarked measuring 48 mm x 62. 5 mm, extremely fine. 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 buckles were obtained from the American and German veterans; most of these buckles present a core of Angolias book Belt Buckles & Brocades of the