Germany, Ss. An Em/Nco’s Standard Issue Belt Buckle, By Overhoff Cie Auction A 188/35 RZM SS Enlisted

A 188/35 RZM SS Enlisted Dagger - Numbered - Maker "SS 188/35 RZM"

As of March 1915

Rudolf Stapf

noting that his father and his two uncles had served during the First World War

along with assorted research papers   Footnote: John Henry Gibbons was born on January 7

Germany, Ss. An Em/Nco’s Standard Issue Belt Buckle, By Overhoff Cie Auction A 188/35 RZM SS EnlistedThis is a well preserved textbook example of a SS EM NCOs Standard issue belt buckle; stamped nickel silver; the obverse with a standard SS motif consisting of a national eagle with spread wings clutching wreathed static swastika, and the SS motto Meine Ehre heit Treue in raised lettering between two roles; the reverse with standard double claw prongs and a catch; maker marked O&C for Overhoff & Cie, Ldenscheid and Ges. Gesch. on the reverse;