Germany, Heer. An EM/NCO’s Tropical Belt and Buckle, by Gustav Brehmer Hold before leaving the San Francisco

before leaving the San Francisco area board the U

maker marked “G

Measuring 221 mm (w) x 360 mm (h)

obverse inscription reads “Maj

the reverse with the Congolese motto “Work and Progress”

Germany, Heer. An EM/NCO’s Tropical Belt and Buckle, by Gustav Brehmer Hold before leaving the San Francisco(Heer Tropen Grtel mit Schnalle fr Mannschaften). A Heer EM NCOs tropical belt and buckle commonly worn throughout the Mediterranean and North African theatres, the former constructed of olive drab canvas webbing, one end stitched into a loop to retain a magnetic metal clip, the opposite end stitched with a hidden canvas tongue perforated with an array of dual eyelets for an adjustable fit, with the end topped by an additional layer of dark grey