Original German WWII Luftwaffe Leather Belt with 1940 Dated Painted Steel Buckle by Richard Sieper & Söhne MP 40 the Don Cossacks mustered the

the Don Cossacks mustered the largest single concentration of Cossacks within the German Army

There is a number 5 and also a Waffen Eagle on the base of the marlin spike

while regular Australian and New Zealand troops wore the standard-issue olive drab green uniforms

Thus the 12th Bombardment Group continued to support the British and American forces in North Africa until the campaign came to an end

It retains its original data plate in brass that reads:

Original German WWII Luftwaffe Leather Belt with 1940 Dated Painted Steel Buckle by Richard Sieper & Söhne MP 40 the Don Cossacks mustered theOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a good condition WWII German Wehrmacht Luftwaffe EM NCO's Belt Buckle (Koppelschlo), with the correct black leather belt. The buckle is embossed with the wartime Luftwaffe straight tail eagle on a pebbled central field, surrounded by a wreath. The buckle is of 1940 pattern, die stamped, steel construction, with a dark blue grey painted finish, which is still present on probably 50% of the buckle exterior,