Germany, State Forestry Service. A Hesse/Baden Forestry Service Official’s Service Belt Auction Archive hallmarked on elongated neck loop

hallmarked on elongated neck loop with maker mark B&Co for Arthus Bertrand

measuring 292 mm long

dates (presumably by H

embarking for Canada aboard the S

dark patinas on the obverse of the silver medals

Germany, State Forestry Service. A Hesse/Baden Forestry Service Official’s Service Belt Auction Archive hallmarked on elongated neck loop(Hesse Baden Frster Koppelschloss und Grtel). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse depicting a national eagle with open wings clutching a wreathed mobile swastika in its talons on a raised pebbled dome, surrounded by a full oak wreath tied together at the base of the belt buckle, the reverse hollow, with a soldered catch and a standard double claw spring bar assembly, unmarked, measuring 48. 81 mm in diameter. The belt is fabricated of thick