A 1939 Frankentag Hesselberg badge
that his trade was that of a Labourer and that he had had five years previous military experience as a member of the 17th Regiment in England
and maker code “155/39” for Assmann & Söhne
Schleswig (northern Germany)
featuring a 198 mm nickel-plated steel blade
Germany, Third Reich. A Pair Of Belt Buckles Hold A 1939 Frankentag Hesselberg badge(Grtelschnallen). A pair of belt buckles, including a Luftwaffe EM NCOs buckle, constructed of aluminum, the obverse bearing a central raised Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, within an oval laurel leaf wreath, the reverse with a loop and swivel attachment prongs connecting to a period original brown leather belt bearing an embossed manufacture date of 1939, the buckle maker marked F. R. for Franz Reischauer, Oberstein, measuring 64 mm (w)