An Imperial Hessen Officer's Belt Buckle - In pressed silvered bronze
Ten years later
In beautifully hand chased silver in an art nouveau style (Jugendstil) with very high relief
featuring a 258 mm nickel-plated steel blade
with the intact slider of the cap badge and lugs of the collar tabs exposed on the reverse
The Doolittle Raiders Group Of Brigadier General Richard August "Knobby" Knobloch Hold An Imperial Hessen Officer's BeltDistinguished Flying Cross (bronze gilt, numbered "1034" on the edge of the bottom arm, 44. 3 mm, original ribbon with brooch pinback); Air Force Distinguished Service Medal (bronze gilt with thirteen white enameled stars, blue glass centrepiece, engraved "RICHARD A KNOBLOCH" on the reverse, 54 mm, original ribbon with brooch pinback and hook); Legion of Merit, Legionnaire Grade (bronze gilt with red, white, blue and green enamels, engraved "R. A.