"Virtuti pro patria" (Bravery for the fatherland)
topped by a Stahlhelm and an inscription of “PRO DEO ET PATRIA” (“FOR GOD AND COUNTRY”)
as he had been "engaged on strafing from a low level
The Monte class of ships were prescient of what was to come for the KdF
Minor soiling is evident to both the exterior and interior
Germany, Luftwaffe. An Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle, By Berg & Nolte Auction Archive "Virtuti pro patria" (Bravery for(Luftwaffe Grtelschnalle). Constructed of grey painted magnetic metal, the obverse bearing a raised Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika on a pebbled background, set within an oval laurel leaf wreath, the reverse with a loop and swivel attachment claws connecting to a period original brown leather strap, both the buckle and strap maker marked with the logo of Berg & Nolte, Ldenscheid, with the strap also bearing a manufacture date of 1941,