Germany, SS. A Waffen-SS Belt Buckle for Enlisted Ranks, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne Archive awarded at divisional headquarters on

awarded at divisional headquarters on 11 July 1944

keeping it in continuous operation and enabling decisive artillery fire to be brought down

while three horizontally-arranged threaded loops just above the same pocket facilitate attachment of a ribbon bar

with a matching hilt with floral inlay

Germany, SS. A Waffen-SS Belt Buckle for Enlisted Ranks, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne Archive awarded at divisional headquarters on(Waffen SS Koppelschlo fr Mannschaften). Constructed of aluminum, the obverse bearing a raised SS style German national eagle clutching a wreathed swastika, situated within a ribbed ring bearing an inscription of MEINE EHRE HEIT TREUE (MY HONOUR IS LOYALTY), the reverse with a catch and claws emanating from a functional roller, marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo, a maker code of 155 39 for F. W. Assmann & Shne, Ldenscheid, and double Sig