Germany, RAD. An Officer’s Belt Buckle, by F. W. Assmann & Söhne
In stamped aluminum (with aluminum finish); belt buckle with matching double-claw receiver; maker marked “A” (F.W. Assmann & Söhne, Lüdenscheid), marked “DRGM” (Deutsches Reichsgebrauchsmuster) and numbered “37” (for 1937 manufacture) on reverse; measuring 47 mm in diameter; near extremely fine condition.
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 Angolia’s book “Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich”, published in 2001.