Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Belt Buckle, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic (Reichsarbeitsdienst Gürtelschnalle für Leiter)

(Reichsarbeitsdienst Gürtelschnalle für Leiter)

dated August 19

Footnote: Lieutenant Colonel John Keith MacIntyre was born on April 8

the obverse presenting with a central medallion composed of a Gold relief of Duke Albrecht III of Saxony inside a blue enameled ring bearing the Order’s Motto of “ALBERTUS ANIMOSUS” (“Albert the Merciful”)

with slight enamel loss to obverse centre

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Belt Buckle, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic (Reichsarbeitsdienst Gürtelschnalle für Leiter)(Luftwaffe Grtelschnalle fr Offiziere). Constructed of aluminum, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, surrounding a central raised and bronzed Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, situated over a pebbled background, the reverse with two clips, one of which retains a loop, maker marked with the logo of F. W. Assmann & Shne, Ldenscheid, measuring 58 mm (w) x 50 mm (h), in extremely fine