A Bavaria (Bayern) Fire Defence Service Officer's Belt Buckle; Published Example Hold Franzisket had achieved 14 victories

Franzisket had achieved 14 victories at the time of the unit relocation to North Africa

"ON NE PASSE PAS"/"THEY SHALL NOT PASS" associated with the Battle of Verdun

signed by the Lieutenant General and Division Commander

with a small chip adjacent to the second row of the tightly wrapped twisted brass wire

A Bavaria (Bayern) Fire Defence Service Officer's Belt Buckle; Published Example Hold Franzisket had achieved 14 victoriesIn brass, with an unmarked reverse, measuring 48. 2 mm, worn, near extremely fine. This particular buckle is illustrated on page 438 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich, Revised Edition" by John R. Angolia and came from his personal collection. 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