Germany, DRK. A Red Cross Belt Buckle for Enlisted Personnel, Second Pattern Republic of This was changed in 1911

This was changed in 1911 when Indian servicemen became eligible for the Victoria Cross

GURSCHNER WIEN VII/2" on the reverse

Footnote: Number B17990 is stamped in small numbers indicating a late war manufacturing date

Footnote: During World War I

Bronze Grade (two-piece construction

Germany, DRK. A Red Cross Belt Buckle for Enlisted Personnel, Second Pattern Republic of This was changed in 1911(Deutsches Rotes Kreuz Grtelschnalle fr Mannschaften). Constructed of pebbled aluminum, the obverse bearing a central raised DRK style German national eagle clutching a Geneva Cross and overlaid by a mobile swastika, situated within an oval laurel leaf wreath, the reverse with a loop and attachment claws emanating from a functional roller, maker marked with the logo of Overhoff & Cie, Ldenscheid, measuring 64 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), in extremely fine