Original German WWII Luftwaffe Leather Belt with Painted Steel Buckle by Hermann Aurich - dated 1942 40mm BOFORS likely before traveling into Germany

likely before traveling into Germany to become part of the Army of Occupation

It was re-equipped with North American P-51D Mustangs in 1944

Fiedler joined the Kriegsmarine as an Offiziersanwärter (Officer Cadet) in April 1936

it is a "hacking" version that stops the movement while the time is being set

Original German WWII Luftwaffe Leather Belt with Painted Steel Buckle by Hermann Aurich - dated 1942 40mm BOFORS likely before traveling into GermanyOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very good condition WWII German Wehrmacht Luftwaffe EM NCO's Belt Buckle (Koppelschlo), with the correct black leather belt, both dated 1942. The buckle is embossed with the wartime Luftwaffe straight tail eagle on a pebbled central field, surrounded by a laurel leaf wreath. The buckle is of 1940 pattern, die stamped, steel construction, with a dark blue grey painted finish, which is retained at about 60%