Germany, Third Reich. A Railway Official’s Belt and Buckle, by F.W. Assman & Söhne visually-hidden with matching leather tab

with matching leather tab

The handle grip is composed of a single piece of smooth black wood

A related Panzer attack had no success in ascertaining facts

and he retired from the Army in February 1945

Revived as a chivalric order by King Frederick William II in 1792

Germany, Third Reich. A Railway Official’s Belt and Buckle, by F.W. Assman & Söhne visually-hidden with matching leather tab(Reichsbahn Koppelschloss und Grtel). A Reichsbahn (State Railway) officials belt and buckle, the former constructed of blackened leather, one end retaining a reverse brown leather tongue perforated with ten sets of dual eyelets for an adjustable fit, the tongue stamped with a size mark of 100, measuring 4. 5 cm (w) x 97 cm (l), demonstrating age appropriate desiccation and fatigue, in very fine condition; the latter constructed of gilded aluminum,