EARLY PRUSSIAN EM/NCO'S BELT BUCKLE

Early, pre 1895, two-piece brass and nickel/silver construction Prussian belt buckle. The 50mm, slightly convex, stamped metal box buckle, features, against its plain, obverse field, a crown to its domed center, encompassed by a dual rope-like border within which, against a ribbed background, is 'Gott Mit Uns' (God [is] With Us), and a spray of laurels. To the reverse is its raised buckle catch, and a metal prong bar with dual prongs, for the belt’s retaining tongue.