Germany, DRK. A Red Cross Belt Buckle for Enlisted Personnel, Second Pattern Republic of Footnote: Number B17990 is stamped

Footnote: Number B17990 is stamped in small numbers indicating a late war manufacturing date

GURSCHNER WIEN VII/2" on the reverse

and moderate oxidation and loss of paint to the scabbard

This was changed in 1911 when Indian servicemen became eligible for the Victoria Cross

and small groups of Red Army troops managed to escape the cauldron days after the German pincers met east of the city

Germany, DRK. A Red Cross Belt Buckle for Enlisted Personnel, Second Pattern Republic of Footnote: Number B17990 is stamped(Deutsches Rotes Kreuz Grtelschnalle fr Mannschaften). Constructed of pebbled aluminum, the obverse bearing a central raised DRK style German national eagle clutching a Geneva Cross and overlaid by a mobile swastika, situated within an oval laurel leaf wreath, the reverse with a loop and attachment claws emanating from a functional roller, maker marked with the logo of Overhoff & Cie, Ldenscheid, measuring 64 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), in extremely fine