Item #G19835
This is one of the rarest veteran buckles; In brass with enameled oval centre, known maker is Assmann, measuring 61 x 48 mm, intact enamel work, single rivet, extremely fine. Similar to the example on page 389 of Angolia's publication.
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.