Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Kriegsmarine Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle Auction 1912 by Royal Decree and

1912 by Royal Decree and awarded to soldiers and civilians who took part in the attack against the Ottoman Empire after landing in Libya

The owner is a young female student

Footnote: Corporal Chapotera

a Gau Magdeburg cuff title

Dodson (C1643)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Kriegsmarine Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle Auction 1912 by Royal Decree and(Kriegsmarine Grtelschnalle). Constructed of gilded magnetic metal, the obverse bearing a central raised Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, within a ribbed ring bearing a raised inscription of GOTT MIT UNS (GOD IS WITH US) and oak leaf branches, the reverse with a loop and dual attachment prongs, unmarked, measuring 64 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.