A Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) Officer's Daily Service Belt with Dagger Hangers

Buckle in gilt bronze, illustrating a large "W" (Wilhelm cypher) fronting an anchor, surmounted by the Imperial crown and surrounded by an open-ended wreath of laurel leaves, on the right end, unmarked, the buckle measuring 40.5 mm x 40.5 mm. Belt is fabricated with a black corduroy upper, the reverse of the belt fabricated from black velvet, the right end with a metal hook, along with nine brass eyelets embedded into the black velvet on the reverse, a brass slider beside the buckle and securing it in place where the belt folds around to the reverse, brass receiving clip on the left end with a integral loop immediately to the left, the belt fed through two gilt brass dagger hanger loops on the left side, each bearing the head of a lion and a ring below the head, one of which has a chain attached and is finished with a hook, the belt measuring 36 mm x 1,120 mm. Accompanying the belt are dagger hangers, the upper and underside of the strap matching that of the belt, silvered metal buckle on the strap bearing lion's heads at either end, with functioning magnetic silvered clips at either end, the clip bracket at one end housing a silvered chain and finished with a hook, the dagger hangers measuring 23 mm x 230 mm. Gilt loss evident on the belt buckle and the lion's heads on the dagger hangers, wear evident on the corduroy upper of the belt, oxidation present on all silvered parts of the dagger hangers, better than very fine. (C:102)