A Political Leader's Brocade Dress Belt With Buckle By Friedrich Linden, Lüdenscheid Newly Listed WWI War Cross 1914-1918 -

WWI War Cross 1914-1918 - Bronze

oxidation spot evident on one fasces insignia

with his photo

dated October 24

21mm(h) x 38mm(w)

A Political Leader's Brocade Dress Belt With Buckle By Friedrich Linden, Lüdenscheid Newly Listed WWI War Cross 1914-1918 -Buckle in gilt die stamped aluminum on the right end, illustrating an eagle with its head facing to its left, clenching a wreathed swastika in its talons, backed by a full wreath of oak leaves, marked with the RZM (Reichszeugmeisterei) insignia and maker marked "M4 24" (Friedrich Linden, Ldenscheid) on the reverse, the buckle measuring 50. 5 mm. Upper of the belt fabricated from a machine woven gold coloured threading, with a row of brown embroidered