A German State Police Officer's Belt with Buckle by Overhoff & Cie

Buckle in blackened aluminum on the right end, marked "GES. GESCH." (Gesetzlich Geschützt) and maker marked "OLC" (Overhoff & Cie, Ludenscheid) on the reverse, illustrating a swastika with the inscription "Gott Mit Uns" (God Is With Us) above and a wreath of oak leaves and acorns below, 49.2 mm, on a belt with a smooth finished black leather upper and navy blue felt reverse, smooth finished tan leather tab stitched to the underside at the buckle end, the tab with seven rows of two holes for length adjustment, blackened aluminum clip on the left end, the belt with two smooth finished black leather sliders and two smooth finished black straps with pebbled magnetic metal D-rings, the ends of one strap held in place via a rivet, the other strap with its ends stitched together, belt measuring 46 mm x 1,100 mm, light contact on the buckle with scattered blackening wear, 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.