A Rare Initial Pattern Rlb Leader's Brocade Dress Belt; Published Example Archive when his Long Ranger was

when his Long Ranger was under attack for 45 minutes by eight Japanese fighter planes that punctured the B-24 with 84 holes

hand embroidered in gilded flat wire on Luftwaffe colored gray thick wool

housing a mint ivory-coloured handle with zero chips or cracks and very minor wear

officially engraved: 42821 Gunner J

Disability 40% for eyes

A Rare Initial Pattern Rlb Leader's Brocade Dress Belt; Published Example Archive when his Long Ranger wasA very rare example of this type; Buckle of the identical pattern as the Deutscher Luftsportsvverband & Fliegerschaft; In frosted nickel silver, measuring 46mm, belt measuring 115 cm x 4. 5 cm, lightly worn example, near extremely fine. This particular example is Illustrated on page 640 & 361 of Angolias book Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich, published in 2001. Footnote: From the collection of approximately 900 German buckles accumulated by