Prussia, Kingdom. An 1813 Prototype Award Museum Display Piece Newly Listed This particular buckle is illustrated

This particular buckle is illustrated on page 571 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

semi-sharp edges and an extremely sharp tip

dated May 12 1982 in hard tube

brass button with the U

A textbook example of a mid-war manufacture German “Flak Abzeichen”

Prussia, Kingdom. An 1813 Prototype Award Museum Display Piece Newly Listed This particular buckle is illustrated(Prototyp Kreuz Museumsstck). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with a central monogram of Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia, the arms bearing raised oak leaves, with a date of 1813 in the quadrants, unmarked, measuring 33. 74 mm (w) x 39. 16 mm (h), weighing 12. 0 grams (inclusive of ribbon), in very fine condition.