do Appoint you to be an Officer in Our Home Guard from the Thirtieth day of July 1952
Buffalo Volunteer Engineers
The cap measures 240 mm x 260 mm x 130 mm in height overall
the reverse offers a dual prong vertical suspension
the reverse has been reinforced with a leatherette patch
Germany, SS. An Unissued Waffen-SS Belt Buckle for Enlisted Ranks, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne, Early Wartime Example United Republic of do Appoint you to be(Waffen SS Koppelschlo fr Mannschaften). Constructed of plated magnetic steel, the obverse bearing a raised SS style German national eagle clutching a wreathed swastika, overlaid a ribbed ring bearing an inscription of MEINE EHRE HEIT TREUE (MY HONOUR IS LOYALTY), the reverse with a catch and claws emanating from a functional roller, marked with Sig runes, a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo, and a maker code of 155 40 for F. W. Assmann & Shne,