A Variation Of The German Police Buckle; Published Example Newly Listed Mexican Border Service Medal

Mexican Border Service Medal

it rates as very fine

The Prussian helmet plate is original to the helmet and that is clear with the shadowing on the body of the Pickelhaube

the accompanying roll verifying his qualification for the four clasps indicated on the QSA

A Variation Of The German Police Buckle; Published Example Newly Listed Mexican Border Service MedalIn die struck steel, magnetic, with mate grey paint finish; this is an over stamp of an iron Bavarian WWI Enlisted buckle (pattern of Bavarian crown still visible). Almost identical buckles are illustrated on p. 410, 412 of Angolias book. 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