Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Friedrich Orth Newly Listed Irwin pinned the pilot's wings

Irwin pinned the pilot's wings on Sergeant William Richard Tew in the official ceremony

This particular belt and buckle is illustrated on page 85 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

along with one synthetic red stone and red enamels

with an Iron Cross 1st Class and Turkish Pilot's Badge below

The Braunschweig archives say of Johann Gellrich: “in 1810 he went with the English Braunschweig regiment to Spain

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Friedrich Orth Newly Listed Irwin pinned the pilot's wings(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the suspension loop