Germany, Third Reich. An Elaborate Patriotic Belt Buckle visually-hidden (Orden der württembergischen Krone Kreuz

(Orden der württembergischen Krone Kreuz der Ehrenritter)

when fully opened measuring at 73 cm (w) x 49 cm (l)

measuring 7 cm (w) x 28 cm (l) x 2

A First World War combatant’s medal bar

Stahel joined the Imperial German army in 1911 as an officer cadet

Germany, Third Reich. An Elaborate Patriotic Belt Buckle visually-hidden (Orden der württembergischen Krone Kreuz(Grtelschnalle). Constructed of gilded bronze with cut glass gems, the obverse consisting of a gently vaulted swastika, decorated throughout the arms with raised arabesques and oak leaves, each inset with a translucent blue glass gems, bearing a central raised swastika similarly inset with 17 clear glass gems, the reverse with dual integral loops, with a clip emanating from the centre loop, unmarked, measuring 58 mm (w) x 58 mm (h), demonstrating