Germany. A Waffen-Ss Standard Issue Enlisted Man’s Belt Buckle Archive the button illustrating a skull

the button illustrating a skull on the obverse

Footnote: With the introduction by the Germans in 1916 of the close fitting full-face "gummimaske" gas mask

92 mm x 397 mm

accompanied by an escort of a sergeant and eight men of his regiment

loose core

Germany. A Waffen-Ss Standard Issue Enlisted Man’s Belt Buckle Archive the button illustrating a skull(Waffen SS Koppelschloss Grtelschnalle). Constructed of silvered steel (magnetic); the obverse depicting a standard Waffen SS eagle clutching a wreathed static swastika in its talons inscribed Meine Ehre Heit Treue (My Word is my Honour; the reverse plain, with a standard soldered on catch, and with a standard double claw spring bar; measuring 64 mm (w) x 49 mm (h); a lightly worn example in overall near extremely fine condition. (C: 223)