December 2021 Auction
Lot 877:
Sold for: $175
Description
A Freikorps Sudetenland Belt (Koppelschloss).
The ‘ Sudetendeutsches Freikorps‘ (Sudeten German Free Corps, also known as the Freikorps Sudetenland) was a paramilitary nationalist organization founded by Konrad Henleincomposed of Czechoslovak ethnic Germans, with pro-Nazi sympathies who operated in Czechoslovakia from 1938 to 1939.
They played a part in Hitler’s successful effort to occupy Czechoslovakia and annex the region known as Sudetenland into the Third Reich.
A die stamped, nickel alloy box buckle features the runic letters of " FS" which represents " Freikorps Sudetenland or Freiwilliger Schutzdienst" on a hammered background.
Reverse with brazed buckle catch, prong bar, and prongs all intact.
Non-magnetic. No markings.
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