A German Red Cross (Deutsches Rotes Kreuz) Officer's Belt Buckle; Published Example certificate_of_authenticity WWI French Made Binoculars -

WWI French Made Binoculars - For Field use

2nd Class for Eighteen Years' Service - Silvered bronze

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is symbolic of Lorraine

He also had processing papers from a Soviet camp stamped in 1948

A German Red Cross (Deutsches Rotes Kreuz) Officer's Belt Buckle; Published Example certificate_of_authenticity WWI French Made Binoculars -In bronze with silver nickle face plate affixed by two prongs, unmarked reverse, measuring 48 mm, cut off leather belt, worn, fine. This particular buckle is illustrated on page 500 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich, Revised Edition" by John R. Angolia and came from his personal collection. Footnote: From the collection of approximately 900 German buckles accumulated by John R. Angolia, who start collecting buckles, belts and brocades