A First War Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) Officer's Belt Buckle Auction San Francisco and Portland

San Francisco and Portland

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

25 mm each

while the other end has a buckle riveted in place

Agnes Katherine Binny-Scott and a wife

A First War Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) Officer's Belt Buckle Auction San Francisco and PortlandIn 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,