This particular buckle is illustrated on page 295 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich
Footnote: William Weir was born on November 24
pinned with a miniature magnetic metal DRL Sports Badge
2 mm (w) x 29 mm (h) each
in a leather-bound hardcovered presentation folder)
Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Destroyer War Badge, By Schwerin United Republic of This particular buckle is illustrated(Zerstrerkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, around a central depiction of a destroyer cutting through waves, with its bow extending beyond the left edge of the wreath, the reverse topped by a stabilizer, with a block hinge and banjo style horizontal pinback meeting a flat