Germany, Luftwaffe. An Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle, By Franz Reischauer Archive A Luftwaffe Visor Wreath with

A Luftwaffe Visor Wreath with Cockade and Visor Eagle - Wreath with Cockade: die-stamped aluminum with red and black paint on the cockade

constructed of solid gold (inside portion) and iron (outside portion)

the buckle measuring 60 mm (w) x 60 mm (h)

The 48th was a wartime regiment formed in 1940

with a silvered copper 1918 British One Penny coin embedded in the base

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle, By Franz Reischauer Archive A Luftwaffe Visor Wreath with(Luftwaffe Grtelschnalle). Constructed of aluminum, the obverse with a central raised Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, within an oval laurel wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, the reverse with a loop and dual attachment prongs connected to a period original brown leather strap with a partially legible makers mark reading OBERSTEIN 1939, the reverse of the buckle bearing a makers mark of F. R. for Franz Reischauer, Oberstein,