Original British Victorian General Service Ornate Belt Buckle for Officers - c.1880 Japanese Artwork & Posters Marine Raider stiletto hilt was

Marine Raider stiletto hilt was a one-piece construction

and was made by the Solingen-based company Solinger Metalwaren-Fabrik Stöcker & Co

These M-34 / 38 Pattern Tropical caps also have an important place in any tropical uniform collection

You can read all about it at this link and yes T/3 Marion Lewis and his Silver Star are mentioned

It features a blue devil to the center and reads:

Original British Victorian General Service Ornate Belt Buckle for Officers - c.1880 Japanese Artwork & Posters Marine Raider stiletto hilt wasThis is an up market example of this Victorian Belt Buckle in that it made manufactured with a a full frame around it not normally encountered. Really most attractive this buckle was usually attached to a ornately woven regimental belt displaying the Regimental colors or upon occasion to a white leather field service belt for use on the frontier in the Colonies. Of brass base construction overlaid in what appears to be Silver the V. R. monogram under