Open-claw buckle fabricated from nickel-plated steel with a pebbled finish on the right end, magnetic, the buckle marked with the RZM (Reichszeugmeisterei) insignia, maker marked "M/5/71" and marked with the "OLC" (Overhoff & Cie, Ludenscheid) insignia on the reverse, the buckle measuring 52 mm x 76.5 mm. Belt is fabricated from a thick leather with a smooth finished brown upper, raw underside, emboss stamped with the RZM (Reichszeugmeisterei) insignia and maker marked "KERNSTÜCK L4/360/35" where the belt wraps around to the right underside, the left end with eight rows of two holes each for length adjustment, the furthest pair of holes from the left end are much larger than the other seven pairs, the belt with one slider and measuring 58 mm x 1,040 mm. Light contact on the buckle, light soiling and contact on the upper, near extremely 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 Angolia’s book “Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich”, published in 2001.