A Third Reich Rheinland Fire Service Officer's Belt Buckle By Dransfeld & Co. Auction Archive two smaller (8cm x 5cm)

two smaller (8cm x 5cm)

both of very fine quality manufacture

Dark patina and bruising on BWM

1945 "by reason of Retirement

A Third Reich Rheinland Fire Service Officer's Belt Buckle By Dransfeld & Co. Auction Archive two smaller (8cm x 5cm)In stamped aluminum, reverse marked D&C for Dransfeld & Co. Menden, measuring 49. 7 mm, worn, very fine. Footnote: From the collection of approximately 900 German buckles accumulated by John R. Angolia, who start collecting buckles, belts and brocades from 1944 until around 1990; most of the buckles were obtained from the American and German veterans; most of these buckles present a core of Angolias book Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich,