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Tuesday, 3 February 2009

Gott Mit Uns Belt Buckle

Gott Mit Uns is a German phrase that means "God with us" and has been used by the German Empire from the 17th century until the end of the Third Reich.

The first registered usage of Gott Mit Uns on a belt buckle is in the first world war where some Prussian enlisted men had the words Gott Mit Uns above a crown on their belt buckle.

By World War Two all enlisted men in the Wehrmacht had the slogan Gott Mit Uns on their belt buckle. The World War Two belt buckles had lost the crown underneath and replaced it with the Reichsadler, an eagle above the swastika, which is the insignia of the Third Reich (1933 - 1945).

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Today many World War Two collectors seek to purchase these buckles for their historical value and their ornate design depicting the Third Reich.

Below is an aluminium SRM - SchmiedeburgRsgb Mettalwarrenfabrik buckle (dated 1936)





























Below is a later M4_110 Steel Josef Feix Sohne (dated 1942)