A German National Forestry Service Official's Belt Buckle By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Auction Archive Each with original ribbons and

Each with original ribbons and mounted to conjoined five-sided aluminum suspensions

the cloth binding having separated from the binder

the pouch designed with a weather protective flap with tab and when released from the brass post on its front and lifted up

pages from the London Gazette and Forty Niner magazine (the official publication of the 49th Battalion

cover printed in brown and gold inks on a thick beige stock

A German National Forestry Service Official's Belt Buckle By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Auction Archive Each with original ribbons andn stamped aluminum, maker marked with a stylized "A" (F. W. Assmann & Shne, Ldenscheid) on the reverse, measuring 50 mm x 54. 5 mm, extremely fine. A similar buckle is illustrated on page 519 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