Czechoslovakia, I Republic. An Army Officer's Belt Buckle C.1935 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac circumscribed by the device of

circumscribed by the device of the order INTEGRITATI ET MERITO (FOR INTEGRITY AND MERIT) over a field of white enamel

German welcoming poster on occasion of “Anschluss” of Austria

intact stitching and is very clean

on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with a wartime-applied horizontal pinback

The exterior insignia completes with a central aluminum oak leaf wreath

Czechoslovakia, I Republic. An Army Officer's Belt Buckle C.1935 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac circumscribed by the device ofTwo piece construction, obverse bearing the middle coat of arms of the First Republic of Czechoslovakia used between 1920 and 1939 in silvered bronze, mounted to a voided bronze base composed of six linden leaves, clip and roll bar affixed to the reverse, unmarked, measuring 64 mm (w) x 55 mm (h), exhibiting contact marks and some denting overall, clip repair evident on the reverse, better than very fine.