A Lippe-Detmold Fire Defence Enlisted Man's Belt Buckle Hold The inside of the tunic

The inside of the tunic is lined in cotton and features a pocket on the left lapel

a further redesignation bound the unit to its Argyll ancestry by bearing The Victoria Provisional Battalion of Infantry "Argyll Highlanders" and in 1890

VM and CAFLSM and officially engraved on the ED

Invasion of France - Wehrpass

A Lippe-Detmold Fire Defence Enlisted Man's Belt Buckle Hold The inside of the tunicIn bronze with die stamped silvered bronze centre, unmarked, measuring 47 mm x 62. 7 mm, near extremely fine. A similar buckle is illustrated on page 443 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich, Revised Edition" by John R. Angolia and came from his personal collection. 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;