A Free State Of Hesse (Freistaat Hessen) Fire Defence Service Officer's Belt Buckle; Published Example Buy Now maker and RZM marked

maker and RZM marked

with a strip of copper between the two with brass buckles symbolic of the leather strap that rests upon an officer's visor

ring marked “OL”

missing its swing bar pinback

composed of a number of hulks in which men were fed and housed

A Free State Of Hesse (Freistaat Hessen) Fire Defence Service Officer's Belt Buckle; Published Example Buy Now maker and RZM markedIn cast silvered bronze, unmarked reverse, measuring 48. 5 mm, lightly worn, extremely fine. This particular buckle is illustrated on page 437 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 until around 1990; most of the