Germany, Wehrmacht. A Standard Service Belt Buckle, By Berg & Nolte, C. 1942 Newly Listed 411 of Angolia’s book)

411 of Angolia’s book)

reverse marked RZM 822/38 SS

worn by the Spanish Civil Guard since 1844

Footnote: Ernest George Frederick Caston was born in Brockley

Military Merit Cross - 3rd Class

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Standard Service Belt Buckle, By Berg & Nolte, C. 1942 Newly Listed 411 of Angolia’s book)(Wehrmacht Koppelschloss fr Mannschaften). Constructed of stamped olive drab steel; the obverse with a raised field with a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, surrounded by the inscription GOTT MIT UNS (German God with us) on the top half, with a laurel wreath tied together at the base via a ribbon on the bottom half; with a soldered catch and a double prong spring bar; marked B&N 42 for Berg & Nolte on the reverse; measuring 63 mm (w)