A Luftwaffe Belt Buckle And Leather Tab; Marked “Regiment H. Goering” GTRexclude The Reichswald

The Reichswald

inscribed "CRESCENTI ADMILITIAE DECUS NOBILITATI" above and "PALAESTRA EXAEDIFICATA M DCC LXVIIII" below

The battalion was employed in the Bordeaux region

three tiny holes evident in the paper backer from previous board mounting

A Luftwaffe Belt Buckle And Leather Tab; Marked “Regiment H. Goering” GTRexclude The ReichswaldBuckle in molded aluminum, 1st type eagle with droop tail, pebbled field, unmarked; with a brown leather tab, marked on upper side Schmle & Comp. Menden 1941; other side of the brown tab regimentally marked stamped II Ers. Batt. Rgt. H. G.; in worn condition, nice old patina, very fine; a rare tab marked Regiment H. Goering. Footnote: From the collection of approximately 900 German buckles accumulated by John R. Angolia, who start collecting buckles,