Germany, Heer. A Belt and Buckle for Enlisted Ranks, Early Wartime Issue, by Ernst Schneider Province of China and would hold this position

and would hold this position until his death in Munich on 16 March 1943

along with two other Shoulder Boards (one has two rows of green embroidery flanked by a row of fine silvered aluminum wire on either side

He died on August 21

the reverse with a central medallion bearing a raised Bavarian lion rampant

measuring 20 cm in width

Germany, Heer. A Belt and Buckle for Enlisted Ranks, Early Wartime Issue, by Ernst Schneider Province of China and would hold this position(Heer Koppel fr Mannschaften). A Heer belt and buckle for Enlisted ranks, the former constructed of black leather, one end stitched into a loop for the accommodation of a magnetic metal clip, the opposite end retaining a reverse leather tongue perforated with seven sets of dual eyelets for an adjustable fit, unmarked, measuring 4 cm (w) x 90 cm (l); the latter constructed of magnetic steel and retaining approximately half of its field grey paint, the