A Prussian Enlisted Schutzpolizei Buckle Auction and Cross of Valour

and Cross of Valour

Order of the Crown of Italy - Knight -

25mm (x 45mm including crown suspension)

the twenty-five battalions of the Black Watch fought mainly in France and Flanders

Enlisting with the CEF on January 8th 1915

A Prussian Enlisted Schutzpolizei Buckle Auction and Cross of ValourIn die stamped nickel plated brass, 63mm x 49mm, unmarked, in very fine condition. Worn by Prussian Schutzpolizei circa 1923 1933. 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; most of the buckles were obtained from the American and German veterans; most of these buckles present a core of Angolias book Belt Buckles &