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Army belt-buckle. Uniforms of the Heer as the ground forces of the Wehrmacht were distinguished from other branches by two devices: the army form of the Wehrmachtsadler or Hoheitszeichen (national emblem) worn above the right breast pocket, and – with certain exceptions – collar tabs bearing a pair of Litzen (Doppellitze "double braid"), a device inherited from the old Prussian Guard which ...
Belt buckles for enlisted men were of box type, made of aluminum or stamped steel and bearing a circular device with a version of the Hoheitszeichen called the Army eagle or Heeresadler (an eagle with downswept wings clutching an unwreathed swastika) surmounted by the motto Gott mit uns ("God with us").
Kaiserstandarte (Emperor's standard) of 1871. Gott mit uns ('God [is] with us') is a phrase commonly used in heraldry in Prussia (from 1701) and later by the German military during the periods spanning the German Empire (1871–1918) and Nazi Germany (1933–1945) and until the 1970s on the belt buckles of the West German police forces.
Meine Ehre heißt Treue was frequently inscribed on SS objects, including honorary daggers and belt buckles of the Allgemeine SS.Many Germanic SS units (non-German SS units in German-occupied Europe) adopted a translation of the motto in their own languages, such as Mijn Eer Heet Trouw/Mijn Eer is mijn Trouw in Dutch, Min Ære er Troskap in Norwegian, and Troskab vor Ære in Danish.
While original items from the Nazi era are sold for high prices, there is a large amount of copies and forgeries on the market. [3] Modern day replicas of miscellaneous Nazi badges aimed at reenactors and exhibitions, for sale at the militaria fair at the Victory Show in Cosby, Leicestershire , UK, 2015: Wehrmacht eagle-and-swastika cap badges ...
Pages in category "Belt buckles" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. Belt buckle; B. Belt hook; L.
Nurses of the German Red Cross (Deutsches Rotes Kreuz, DRK) wearing paramilitary uniforms at a leadership school in 1939. The ranks and insignia of the German Red Cross (Deutsches Rotes Kreuz, abbr. DRK) were the paramilitary rank system used by the national Red Cross Society in Germany during World War II.
The Pforzen buckle is a silver belt buckle found in Pforzen, Ostallgäu in 1992. The Alemannic grave in which it was found (no. 239) dates to the end of the 6th century and was presumably that of a warrior, as it also contained a spear, spatha, seax and shield. The buckle is of the Alemannic Weingarten type (Babucke 1999).
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