Prussia. An Imperial Prussian Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle, C.1915 Auction Archive exhibiting crazing to the black

exhibiting crazing to the black leather of the narrow horizontal strip around the entire circumference of the shako

they saw action in The German Retreat to the Hindenburg Line and the Third Battle of Ypres

Likely of European manufacture

Belt is fabricated with a fine shiny aluminum wire interlaced with white threading on the upper

Crane Company War Service Medal (bronze

Prussia. An Imperial Prussian Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle, C.1915 Auction Archive exhibiting crazing to the blackA fine example of a first war period Imperial EM NCOs belt buckle; constructed of metal (magnetic) with a silver aluminum finish; the obverse with a raised field depicting the Royal crown, surrounded by a series of two circular ropes with Gott mit Uns (God with us) inscribed in raised lettering on the top half of the circle, and two laurel stems tied together on the bottom half; the reverse with a soldered on catch, complete with its dual prong cross