Germany, Luftwaffe. An Em/Nco’s Tropical Belt Buckle United Republic of measuring 143 mm (w) x

measuring 143 mm (w) x 40 mm (h)

Sergeant Harry Edwin Winter was awarded the War Medal 1939-1945 and the Australian Service Medal

the obverse with a central raised crown circumscribed by an inscription of “TREUE DIENSTE BEI DER FAHNE” (“FAITHFUL SERVICE TO THE FLAG”)

faint traces of bronzing remain)

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Em/Nco’s Tropical Belt Buckle United Republic of measuring 143 mm (w) x(Luftwaffe Tropen Grtelschnalle fr Mannschaften). Constructed of olive drab painted magnetic metal, the obverse bearing a central raised Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, set within an oval laurel leaf wreath joined together at the bottom by ribbon, the reverse with a loop and swivel attachment claws, unmarked, measuring 64 mm (w) x 49 mm (h), with moderate loss of paint evident in addition to dents and distortions to the top and bottom