Germany, DRK. A Red Cross Belt Buckle for Enlisted Personnel, Second Pattern Republic of GURSCHNER WIEN VII/2" on the

GURSCHNER WIEN VII/2" on the reverse

(Luftwaffe Gürtel mit Schnalle)

This was changed in 1911 when Indian servicemen became eligible for the Victoria Cross

Neville survived the war and for his First World War service

and moderate oxidation and loss of paint to the scabbard

Germany, DRK. A Red Cross Belt Buckle for Enlisted Personnel, Second Pattern Republic of GURSCHNER WIEN VII/2" on the(Deutsches Rotes Kreuz Grtelschnalle fr Mannschaften). Constructed of pebbled aluminum, the obverse bearing a central raised DRK style German national eagle clutching a Geneva Cross and overlaid by a mobile swastika, situated within an oval laurel leaf wreath, the reverse with a loop and attachment claws emanating from a functional roller, maker marked with the logo of Overhoff & Cie, Ldenscheid, measuring 64 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), in extremely fine