A First War Württemberg Enlisted Belt Buckle certificate_of_authenticity Die stamped tombac

Die stamped tombac

stating that he had previous military service with the 88th Regiment

which have decorative straps giving them a pleated-look

He arrived in the United States about 1840 after serving as a cabin boy aboard a Prussian ship

with rubberized seals over the seams and stitched areas

A First War Württemberg Enlisted Belt Buckle certificate_of_authenticity Die stamped tombacWar time period manufactured buckle in steel, magnetic, painted in field gray paint, 64mm x 47mm, maker marked (not legible JD 10?), in worn condition. Footnote: From the collection of approximately 900 German buckles accumulated by John R. Angolia, who start collecting buckles, belts and brocades from 1944 until around 1990; most of the buckles were obtained from the American and German veterans; most of these buckles present a core of Angolias book