A Lower Silesia (Nieder-Schleisen) Fire Defence Service Officer's Belt Buckle Auction Archive The Prussian helmet plate is

The Prussian helmet plate is original to the helmet and that is clear with the shadowing on the body of the Pickelhaube

he was embarked with the Battalion for France in March 1916

engraved "1st BRIGADE" and "LONDON-DIVISION" above and "ANDENKEN AN DAS RHEINLAND" (Souvenir of the Rhineland) below

John Mann was trainman by profession

A Lower Silesia (Nieder-Schleisen) Fire Defence Service Officer's Belt Buckle Auction Archive The Prussian helmet plate isIn stamped silvered bronze, unmarked reverse, measuring 48 mm, worn, very 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 in 2001.