A Third Reich Westfalen Province Fire Defence Service Officer's Belt Buckle; Published Example Archive and were carried as badges

and were carried as badges of social standing

Holloway - 1939-1945 Star

a Torpedo Coxswain's Badge

Or so called "Pour-le-Merite" for enlisted

A Japanese First National Census Medal with Case - In bronze

A Third Reich Westfalen Province Fire Defence Service Officer's Belt Buckle; Published Example Archive and were carried as badgesIn cast brass, unmarked reverse, measuring 48 mm, with patina, very fine. This particular buckle is illustrated on page 439 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 buckles were