the reverse maker marked “SCHWERTNER
This was changed in 1911 when Indian servicemen became eligible for the Victoria Cross
and moderate oxidation and loss of paint to the scabbard
Zweiter Stufe (Air Raid Defence Medal
Neville survived the war and for his First World War service
Germany, DRK. A Red Cross Belt Buckle for Enlisted Personnel, Second Pattern Republic of the reverse maker marked “SCHWERTNER(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