Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Administrative Official’s Belt Buckle Hold presenting as a NSBO insignia

presenting as a NSBO insignia in the form of a hand wielding a hammer bearing a raised swastika

Private Cook remained in the Middle Eastern theatre for eight months

Insignia is original stitching to this cap

42 mm x 55

marked on the crown with a black ink size mark of “56” and a letter “W”

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Administrative Official’s Belt Buckle Hold presenting as a NSBO insignia(Kriegsmarine Grtelschnalle). Constructed of aluminum, the obverse consisting of a circular laurel leaf wreath, with cut out edges, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, around a central raised fouled anchor set on a ribbed background, the reverse with a clip retaining two loops, unmarked, measuring 60 mm (w) x 60 mm (h), in near mint condition.