A Westfalen State Forestry Service Officer's Belt Buckle certificate_of_authenticity The three stars on the

The three stars on the obverse are symbolic of the three wounds received by Brigadier Sampaio at the battle of Tuiuti in 1866

at Gravenstafel Ridge

" At a hospital in Rouen

dual push pins on the reverse

both in excellent condition

A Westfalen State Forestry Service Officer's Belt Buckle certificate_of_authenticity The three stars on theIn cast silvered bronze, unmarked reverse, measuring 48 mm, missing its hook on the reverse, fine. 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 Reich, published