A Brocade Belt & Buckle of the Prussian Officer of Kommunalpolizei; Published Buckle

Buckle in fire gilded tombac, 48mm, of heavy, excellent construction, Assmann marked and dated “1935” on reverse, in virtually mint condition (illustrated on p. 401 of Angolia’s book.). With brocade dress belt, 45mm wide, constructed of silvery trees, with interwoven threads in black and red, running all the way across, and backed by dark green wool backing; leather tongue stitched to belt on the left side, unmarked, pf top overall quality, and in extremely fine condition, hardly worn. A scarce set in top 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.