A Ss Em/Nco’s Standard Issue Belt Buckle By Overhoff & Cie Of Lüdenscheid Hold wear evident in the corners

wear evident in the corners

The chape and locket each held in place via two screws each

in silvered and blackened zinc

He was awarded the 1939-45 Star

painted obverse centrepiece

A Ss Em/Nco’s Standard Issue Belt Buckle By Overhoff & Cie Of Lüdenscheid Hold wear evident in the cornersA textbook example of an EM NCOs standard issue belt buckle; stamped nickel silver; the obverse with a standard SS motif consisting of a national eagle with spread wings, clutching a static swastika in its talons, and the SS motto Meine Ehre heit Treue in raised lettering surrounding the wreathed swastika between two ropes; the reverse with standard double claw prongs and a soldered on catch; maker marked Overhoff & Cie, Ldenscheid, Ges. Gesch. on the