A Hessen Nassau Officer's Fire Defense Belt & Buckle Buy Now (Size Number 5) / Körpergrössen

(Size Number 5) / Körpergrössen 168-176 (Body Size 168-176 cm) / Bandweite 90 (Waist 90 cm) / Schrittlänge 78 (Inseam) / Lieferdatum 43 (Delivery 43)" and maker marked "PROSSNITZER BEKLEIDUNGSWERKE / RUDOLF RINNE / PROSSNITZ"

1919 and upon arrival

he was transferred to hospital at Abbeville and it was here that he was re-diagnosed with a carbuncle (an abscess larger than a boil

Accompanied by a reproduction/printed photograph (with a group of thirty officers including a seated Major Fortin in the front row)

A Hessen Nassau Officer's Fire Defense Belt & Buckle Buy Now (Size Number 5) / KörpergrössenIn bronze, unmarked with black black, both well worn, fine. 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 & Brocades of the Third Reich, published in 2001.