A German National Forestry Service Official's Belt Buckle By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Auction Archive One Document to the Iron

One Document to the Iron Cross 2nd Class to Gefreiten Albert Ströhl of the 21st Schwere Fallschirm Werferabteilung on the 18th of October 1944

he passed his examination for Lieutenant

and entered the Gulf of Salerno on September 9

drafted to H

A German National Forestry Service Official's Belt Buckle By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Auction Archive One Document to the Ironn stamped aluminum, maker marked with a stylized "A" (F. W. Assmann & Shne, Ldenscheid) on the reverse, measuring 50 mm x 54. 5 mm, extremely fine. A similar buckle is illustrated on page 519 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