An SA Belt by F.W. Assmann & Söhne

Fabricated from a very thick leather, upper with a smooth dark reddish-brown finish, the reverse in raw leather, emboss stamped with the RZM (Reichszeugmeisterei) insignia and maker marked "L2/748/40" on the underside tab, hand-inscribed nearby with the interlocking initials "SA" on the raw leather underside, two-prong pebbled aluminum buckle stitched in place and marked with the RZM insignia, the stylized Assmann "A" (F.W. Assmann & Söhne, Lüdenscheid) and "M5/289U", the opposite end of the belt with two rows of seven die holes each for length adjustment and number stamped in black ink "95" on the underside, the belt measuring 45 mm wide x 1,060 in length, very light contact, 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.