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WWII GERMAN ARMY BELT BUCKLE

This buckle design in bas relief depicts an eagle with wings unfurled and standing astride a swastika and an over-arching slogan of "GOTT MIT UNS".  It was worn by enlisted men.
 

Buckles of this basic design were produced with various department names on the lower portion of the concentric ring encircling the eagle and swastika.

   For instance: there were different versions for Army Officers, as well as the Luftwaffe , Afrikakorps.  Civilian versions were issued for the Landespolizei (Police), Organisation Todt - (Construction Unit), Deutsche Reischsbahn (Railway Police), Postschutz - (Postal Defense) and the Hitler Youth Group organization - among others,

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