Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Service Belt and Buckle consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the bottom edge trimmed in

the bottom edge trimmed in a 6 mm band of fine silver-coloured bullion wire

Friedrich Wilhelm IV engraved on reverse centre with 1848 at 12 o’clock and 1849 at 6 o’clock

LINE MAN IND

issued on 25 November 1941 and certified by the handwritten signature of Kapitän zur See Joachim Plath

pinned with dual silvered bronze rank pips

Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Service Belt and Buckle consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the bottom edge trimmed in(Heer Zweidorn Lederkoppel Ausfhrung fr Offiziere). A Heer Officers service belt and buckle, the former constructed of brown leather, one end perforated with nine sets of dual eyelets for an adjustable fit, the opposite end stitched into a loop for the accommodation of the latter, constructed of nickel plated feinzink, the belt unmarked, the buckle maker marked with the logo of F. W. Assmann & Shne, Ldenscheid, along with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM)