Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Ferdinand Hoffstätter Auction Archive This particular buckle is illustrated

This particular buckle is illustrated on page 331 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

(Bandspange)

very attractive and scarce star

Lieutenant Colonel Gladenko on January 30

with nine silvered buttons (maker marked Maurice Bourdon Paris) positioned down the front of the tunic

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Ferdinand Hoffstätter Auction Archive This particular buckle is illustrated(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of brass and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened brass core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened catch, maker marked with LDO code L 19 for Ferdinand Hoffsttter,