Germany, Third Reich. A Pair Of Belt Buckles certificate_of_authenticity which is awarded to persons

which is awarded to persons in recognition of exceptionally meritorious service to the government of the United States in a duty of great responsibility

with its period-original cornflower-blue ribbon

while the obverse bears an acid-etched inscription of “ZUR ERINNERUNG AN MEINE DIENSTZEIT” (“IN MEMORY OF MY SERVICE TIME”) in Fraktur script

The entire period of service was spent in frontier duty and guarding army stores along the Kanawha and Gauley rivers

Germany, Third Reich. A Pair Of Belt Buckles certificate_of_authenticity which is awarded to persons(Grtelschnallen). A pair of belt buckles, including a Heer EM NCOs buckle, constructed of silvered zink, the obverse bearing a central raised Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, within a ribbed ring bearing an inscription of GOTT MIT UNS (GOD WITH US) with oak leaf branches, the reverse with swivel attachment claws, unmarked, measuring 62 mm (w) x 47 mm (h), with oxidation and loss of finish evident throughout, in poor