A First War Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) Officer's Belt Buckle Auction scattered fraying and soiling on

scattered fraying and soiling on the fields

though he held the post of Consulting Surgeon from 1866 until his death 20 years later

August 1914-November 1918

cross guard marked "279798"

Agnes Katherine Binny-Scott and a wife

A First War Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) Officer's Belt Buckle Auction scattered fraying and soiling onIn fire gilt brass, unmarked, measuring 61. 5 mm x 61. 5 mm, lightly worn, better than extremely 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,