A 1940 Pattern Luftwaffe Em/Nco’s Standard Issue Belt Buckle Auction As capabilities and range increased

As capabilities and range increased

The locket and chape in silvered bronze

likely in the Junyo Maru affair

Kirkpatrick and Caroline A

the other two pairs resting on the pocket

A 1940 Pattern Luftwaffe Em/Nco’s Standard Issue Belt Buckle Auction As capabilities and range increasedConstructed of metal (magnetic), with its traditional blue grey paint with a matte finish; the obverse with a horizontally stretched laurel wreath with a raised pebbled field and a later pattern Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika in its talons; the reverse plain, with standard double claw prongs and catch; measuring 63 mm x 48 mm; a worn example in overall very fine condition.