A Lippe-Detmold Fire Defence Enlisted Man's Belt Buckle GTRexclude Royal Naval Long Service and

Royal Naval Long Service and Good Conduct Medal to the HMS Thistle - George VI (180866 ALFRED WEEKS

born in Yorkshire

in Westphalia

while the cartouche on the bottom row is inscribed "CHRISTMAS 1914"

A Lippe-Detmold Fire Defence Enlisted Man's Belt Buckle GTRexclude Royal Naval Long Service andIn bronze with die stamped silvered bronze centre, unmarked, measuring 47 mm x 62. 7 mm, near extremely fine. A similar buckle is illustrated on page 443 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich, Revised Edition" by John R. Angolia and came from his personal collection. Footnote: From the collection of approximately 900 German buckles accumulated by John R. Angolia, who start collecting buckles, belts and brocades from 1944 until around 1990;