A Croatian Ustasha Belt Buckle By B. Knaus Hold Hockdrolen

Hockdrolen

when she was retired from front-line service and converted into a submarine tender

in burgundy-brown case of issue

marked 500

(engraved: F/L W

A Croatian Ustasha Belt Buckle By B. Knaus Hold HockdrolenIn die stamped steel, magnetic, 67mm x 53mm, marked on reverse clip Braca Knaus, Zagreb; in worn condition, scarce. 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 the American and German veterans; most of these buckles present a core of Angolias book Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third