Germany, Heer. An Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle Newly Listed Footnote: Carl Bamberg (1847-1892) served

Footnote: Carl Bamberg (1847-1892) served an apprenticeship with Carl Zeiss at Jena and studied at the Universities of Jena and Berlin before establishing a "Werkstätten für Präzisions-Mechanik und Optik" in Friedenau

surrounded by an enameled blue border inscribed "Za vítezství" (For Victory)

he was posted to the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment at Fort Meade

the reverse engraver marked “HANNISCH

Germany, Heer. An Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle Newly Listed Footnote: Carl Bamberg (1847-1892) served(Heer Grtelschnalle fr Mannschaften). Constructed of a silvered zink alloy, the obverse bearing a central raised Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, set within a ribbed ring bearing an inscription of GOTT MIT UNS (GOD WITH US) with oak leaf branches, the reverse with swivel attachment prongs, unmarked, measuring 64 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), demonstrating minor loss of finish in addition to oxidation of the roller, in better than