Original German Early WWII 1938 Dated Aluminum SS EM/NCO Belt Buckle - RZM 822/38 Beretta the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment

the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment did not take part in the D-Day invasion

Blade Length: 18 1/8"

referred to in Portuguese service as the M1916 and the M1917

which we have reproductions of (available separately)

Specifications from this period are particularly murky

Original German Early WWII 1938 Dated Aluminum SS EM/NCO Belt Buckle - RZM 822/38 Beretta the 504th Parachute Infantry RegimentOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Allgemeine SS, (General SS), was originally formed in May 1923 under the auspices of the SA, Sturm Abteilung, (Storm Assault Detachment), as the Stosstrupp Adolf AH (Shock Troops), and was redesignated Schutz Staffel, (Protection Squad), in April 1925 with the official acceptance of the name verified on the second anniversary of the failed Munich "Beer Hall" Putsch on November 9TH 1925. As a subordinate unit to