A Third Reich Hesse Fire Defence Service Enlisted Man's Belt Buckle; Published Example Auction appears to have been cut

appears to have been cut down left side

where in the course of a year and a half (April 1943 to October 1944)

1916 and promoted to Acting Bombardier on April 24th

In bronzed aluminum

GURSCHNER WIEN VII/2"

A Third Reich Hesse Fire Defence Service Enlisted Man's Belt Buckle; Published Example Auction appears to have been cutIn stamped aluminum with stamped aluminum affixed by four tabs, unmarked reverse, measuring 47. 7 mm x 63 mm, near mint. This particular buckle is illustrated on page 429 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich, Revised Edition" by John R. Angolia and came from his personal collection. Footnote: From the collection of approximately 900 German buckles accumulated by John R. Angolia, who start collecting buckles, belts and brocades from 1944