A German Province Hannover 1930’S Firefighter’s Officer’s Buckle GTRexclude silvered bronze insignia on a

silvered bronze insignia on a reddish bronze maple leaf base

and amalgamated with the 14th

otherwise good very fine and a rare star

"while on active service (Craddock was) absent without leave from Tattoo on September 23rd"

He was promoted to Able Seaman on August 26

A German Province Hannover 1930’S Firefighter’s Officer’s Buckle GTRexclude silvered bronze insignia on aIn silvered brass, 50mm, in fine condition. Footnote: From the collection of approximately 900 German buckles accumulated by John R. Angolia, who start collecting buckles, belts and brocades from 1944 until around 1990; most of the buckles were obtained from the American and German veterans; most of these buckles present a core of Angolias book Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich, published in 2001.