Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Organisation Todt Enlisted Personnel Belt Buckle consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac A document of issue reading

A document of issue reading “IM NAMEN DES DEUTSCHEN VOLKES VERLEIHE ICH DEM BERICHTERSTATTER DER USTASCHA-EINHEITEN HERRN NIKOLA RAJKOVIC DAS VERDIENSTKREUZ DES ORDENS VOM DEUTSCHEN ADLER ERSTER STUFE BERLIN DEN 25 AUGUST 1942” (IN THE NAME OF THE GERMAN PEOPLE I GIVE TO THE REPORTER OF THE USTASCHA UNITS NIKOLA RAJKOVIC THE MERIT CROSS OF THE ORDER OF THE GERMAN EAGLE OF THE FIRST STAGE OF BERLIN ON 25 AUGUST 1942) signed by “DER FÜHRER” (THE LEADER) and “DER CHEF DER ORDENSKANZLEI STAATSMINISTER” (THE CHIEF OF THE ORDER CHANCE STATE MINISTER)

with the matching serial number (13904N)

5 mm (h) inclusive of its maple leaf bearing suspension

each with a two-piece construction

a very scarce maker

Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Organisation Todt Enlisted Personnel Belt Buckle consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac A document of issue reading(Organisation Todt Grtelschnalle fr Mannschaften). Constructed of silvered magnetic steel, the obverse bearing a central raised German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, overlaying a sword and crossed shovels, situated above a pillbox, and set within a circular oak leaf wreath joined together at the bottom by ribbon, the reverse with a loop and swivel attachment claws, marked with an inscription of ORG. TODT, measuring 62 mm (w) x 48