WW2 GERMAN HITLER YOUTH UNIFORM BELT BUCKLE BY EBBER & CO, LUDENSCHEID

Description

Stamped steel, one-piece construction “Hitler Jugend” (Hitler Youth) buckle with silver wash. Introduced in 1933, it features, against its plain, obverse field, an embossed HJ eagle and diamond with swastika against a slightly domed, pebble center, encompassed by a dual rope-like border within which, against a ribbed background, is the embossed Gothic script, “Blut und Ehre” (Blood and Honor). A “crank” style buckle catch, and a metal prong bar with dual prongs is also to the reverse. The buckle has an RZM marking as well as the faint makers mark, “M4/47” (Ebberg & Co, Ludenscheid ).