Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Open-Claw Belt and Buckle Republic of the First Postcard is black

the First Postcard is black and white

1 Provost Company (Europe) on July 2nd

The Kempeitai soldiers have a reputation for brutality and cruelty known to enforce the law by whatever means necessary

1882 in Sturgeon Bay

Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Open-Claw Belt and Buckle Republic of the First Postcard is black(Heer Koppelschlo fr Offiziere). A Heer officers belt and buckle, the former constructed of pressed brown leather, one end perforated with ten sets of dual eyelets and retaining a slid loop of identical leather construction, the opposite end stitched into a loop for the accommodation of a buckle, constructed of pebbled and silvered feinzink, with claws emanating from a roller integrated into the belt, the belt marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM)