Germany, Federal Republic. A North Rhine-Westphalia Police Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle GTRexclude France (in 1942)

France (in 1942)

enclosed in a 112 mm x 161 mm pressed paper cover

oval-shaped with a surmounting eagle

holding a dagger

Footnote: The Colonial and Indian Exhibition of 1886 was a very substantial exhibition held in South Kensington in London

Germany, Federal Republic. A North Rhine-Westphalia Police Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle GTRexclude France (in 1942)(Polizei Nordrhein Westfalen Grtelschnalle). Constructed of aluminum, the obverse bearing a central raised Westphalian style horse, within a circular ribbed rings bearing a raised inscription of GOTT MIT UNS (GOD IS WITH US) with oak leaf branches, the reverse with dual attachment prongs, unmarked, measuring 64 mm (w) x 50 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.