Spain, Franco Period. An Officer's Brocade & Cross Belt, C.1938 United Republic of with the seam covered by

with the seam covered by a fully-intact black leather buffer pad

before going overseas in December 1916

the reverse inscribed “Treue für Führer und Volk (German - Loyalty for the Leader and the People

and Commemorative for the War 1914-1918 (bronze

a circular medal engraving a portrait symbol of the republic on the obverse

Spain, Franco Period. An Officer's Brocade & Cross Belt, C.1938 United Republic of with the seam covered byBoth the waist belt and shoulder belt have uppers fabricated from gold coloured bullion wire and yellow embroidery, bearing alternating lion and castle icons, each of the icons separated by an angled border, the underside of both in red rayon. The waist belt has leather tab with a smooth light brown upper stitched in place on the underside at the right end, the tab with ten rows of two holes each for length adjustment, brass receiving clip stitched in