A Rare Initial Pattern Rlb Leader's Brocade Dress Belt; Published Example Archive Immediately after the ditching was

Immediately after the ditching was suspected

with swastikas top and bottom

when his Long Ranger was under attack for 45 minutes by eight Japanese fighter planes that punctured the B-24 with 84 holes

housing a mint ivory-coloured handle with zero chips or cracks and very minor wear

A Rare Initial Pattern Rlb Leader's Brocade Dress Belt; Published Example Archive Immediately after the ditching wasA very rare example of this type; Buckle of the identical pattern as the Deutscher Luftsportsvverband & Fliegerschaft; In frosted nickel silver, measuring 46mm, belt measuring 115 cm x 4. 5 cm, lightly worn example, near extremely fine. This particular example is Illustrated on page 640 & 361 of Angolias book Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich, published in 2001. Footnote: From the collection of approximately 900 German buckles accumulated by