Germany, Luftwaffe. A Lot of Belts and Buckles, Heer and Luftwaffe Issue for Enlisted Personnel Newly Listed and Hermann von François (1856-1933)

and Hermann von François (1856-1933)

1937 shattered public faith in the safety of hydrogen-filled airships making the continuation of their commercial passenger operations unsustainable unless the Graf Zeppelin and the still under construction LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin II could convert to non-flammable helium

Marine Corps Combat Aircrew Badge (two-piece construction

including a rare grade of the Order of St

measuring 83 mm (w) x 124 mm (h)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Lot of Belts and Buckles, Heer and Luftwaffe Issue for Enlisted Personnel Newly Listed and Hermann von François (1856-1933)(Wehrmacht Grtel mit Schnallen). A pair of Wehrmacht belts and buckles, including: 1. A Heer set, featuring a belt constructed of pressed blackened leather, one end stitched into a loop to accommodate an original magnetic metal clip, the opposite end retaining a reverse leather tongue perforated with seven sets of dual eyelets for an adjustable fit, the clip end stamped with an illegible makers code and manufacture date of 1942, measuring 4. 5 cm (w)