Germany, Hj. A Hj Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle By Richard Sieper & Söhne Auction Archive on January 22

on January 22

He was a pilot of a DH2 single seater aircraft and was wounded while engaging in aerial combat with an enemy aircraft over Bapaume on 11 March 1917

but refused formal medical treatments

and to Gefreiter (Lance Corporal) on April 1

A cloth version of the Iron Cross

Germany, Hj. A Hj Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle By Richard Sieper & Söhne Auction Archive on January 22(HJ Grtelschnalle). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse with a central raised German national eagle clutching a HJ insignia, within a ribbed border bearing an inscription of BLUT UND EHRE (BLOOD AND HONOR), the reverse with a loop and dual attachment prongs, with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and maker code M4 38 for Richard Sieper & Shne, Ldenscheid, measuring 62 mm (w) x 49 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.