Germany, Third Reich. A Pair of Buckles for Enlisted Ranks, Heer and HJ Issue Auction Order of King Zvonimir

Order of King Zvonimir

constructed of a heavy card stock binding with a faux red leather exterior

In another letter to his sister

the revere bearing a central black enameled medallion overlaid by a gilt Bavarian lion rampant

One line reads “schwarzer Walfisch” (“black whale”)

Germany, Third Reich. A Pair of Buckles for Enlisted Ranks, Heer and HJ Issue Auction Order of King Zvonimir1. A Heer buckle for Enlisted ranks, constructed of grey painted magnetic steel, the obverse bearing a central raised Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, situated within a ribbed ring bearing an inscription of GOTT MIT UNS (GOD WITH US) with oak leaf branches, the reverse with a loop and claws emanating from a functional roller, maker marked with the logo of Christian Theodor Dicke, Ldenscheid, with a date of 1943, measuring