Germany, Heer. An Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle, With Allied Veteran’s Commemorative Inscription Newly Listed Cross 3rd Class

Cross 3rd Class

some had also been part of the original crew

frayed original ribbon suspended from a hanger inscribed "NEW JERSEY"

in November 1902

Germany, Heer. An Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle, With Allied Veteran’s Commemorative Inscription Newly Listed Cross 3rd Class(Heer Grtelschnalle). Constructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a central raised crown, set within a ribbed ring bearing a raised inscription of GOTT MIT UNS (GOD WITH US) and laurel branches, the four corners bearing a finely detailed etched inscription of WORLD WAR 1914 1918, presumably added by an Allied veteran to a buckle claimed as a war souvenir, the reverse with a loop and swivel attachment claws, unmarked, measuring 62 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), a