pinned with dual silvered bronze rank pips
issued on 25 November 1941 and certified by the handwritten signature of Kapitän zur See Joachim Plath
Friedrich Wilhelm IV engraved on reverse centre with 1848 at 12 o’clock and 1849 at 6 o’clock
on loop for suspension from its period original modified miniature bow tie-style ribbon
29 mm (h) and weighing 16
Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Service Belt and Buckle consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac pinned with dual silvered bronze(Heer Zweidorn Lederkoppel Ausfhrung fr Offiziere). A Heer Officers service belt and buckle, the former constructed of brown leather, one end perforated with nine sets of dual eyelets for an adjustable fit, the opposite end stitched into a loop for the accommodation of the latter, constructed of nickel plated feinzink, the belt unmarked, the buckle maker marked with the logo of F. W. Assmann & Shne, Ldenscheid, along with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM)