Germany, Heer. An Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle, With Allied Veteran’s Commemorative Inscription Hold and concludes with a four

and concludes with a four page "Filiations" (Lineage) chart

The Order was usually conferred on officers but a few enlisted soldiers also received it in a lower class

measuring 43mm (w) x 47mm (h)

Strachwitz earned the Knight’s Cross on August 28

Germany, Heer. An Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle, With Allied Veteran’s Commemorative Inscription Hold and concludes with a four(Heer Grtelschnalle). Constructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a central raised crown, set within a ribbed ring bearing a raised inscription of GOTT MIT UNS (GOD WITH US) and laurel branches, the four corners bearing a finely detailed etched inscription of WORLD WAR 1914 1918, presumably added by an Allied veteran to a buckle claimed as a war souvenir, the reverse with a loop and swivel attachment claws, unmarked, measuring 62 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), a