Germany, Heer. An EM/NCO’s Tropical Belt and Buckle, Maker-Marked Examples GTRexclude illustrating the Red Cross eagle

illustrating the Red Cross eagle and wreath insignia

the obverse consisting of a Technical Emergency Help- (TeNo) style German national eagle perched atop a ribbed diamond

with a correction to the beginning of the service number

On the reverse are the remains of where a plastic stand used to prop up the frame

A transitional example

Germany, Heer. An EM/NCO’s Tropical Belt and Buckle, Maker-Marked Examples GTRexclude illustrating the Red Cross eagle(Heer Koppelschloss Tropenausfhrung mit Riemen). A Heer EM NCOs tropical belt and buckle, the former constructed of olive drab canvas, one end stitched into a loop to accommodate a magnetic metal buckle, the opposite end stitched with a reverse brown leather tongue perforated with seven sets of dual eyelets for an adjustable fit, stamped with a makers mark of G. REINHARDT, BERLIN, 1941, measuring 4. 5 cm (w) x 98. 5 cm (l); the latter constructed of