Germany, Luftwaffe. A Belt Buckle for Enlisted Ranks, Mid-War Example, by Richard Sieper & Söhne consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac vertical straight rectangular pinback with

vertical straight rectangular pinback with a barrel hinge and a flat wire catch

and an overall body length of 720 mm

in response to the work of members of the Order in the relief of suffering following the catastrophic earthquake and tidal wave in Calabro-Siculo in 1908 and the Italo-Turkish war of 1911-1912

While in charge of the Military Section of the Office of the Chief of Engineers during the early period of the war

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Belt Buckle for Enlisted Ranks, Mid-War Example, by Richard Sieper & Söhne consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac vertical straight rectangular pinback with(Luftwaffe Grtelschnalle fr Mannschaften). Constructed of dark grey painted magnetic steel, the obverse bearing a central Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika on a pebbled field, situated within an oval laurel leaf wreath joined together at the bottom by ribbon, the reverse with a loop and claws emanating from a functional roller, the latter retaining an original brown leather strap, the buckle maker marked with the logo of Richard Sieper &