Collar Badge Pair (in antique copper
and the War Merit Cross I Class with Swords on 1 January 1945
published and copyrighted by Grub Street of London in 1995
near very fine condition with folding crease
graduating number one in the Class of 1889
Germany, Hj. An Enlisted Personnel Belt Buckle, By Hermann Aurich Archive Collar Badge Pair (in antique(HJ Grtelschnalle). Constructed of a silvered zink alloy, the obverse bearing a central raised German national eagle clutching an HJ insignia, within a ribbed ring bearing an inscription of BLUT UND EHRE (BLOOD AND HONOUR), the reverse with a bar and swivel attachment prongs, marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and maker code M4 42 for Hermann Aurich, Dresden, also bearing the remnants of an RZM label, measuring 64 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), with