A German State Forestry Service Axe Hanger

Fabricated from a thick leather with a smooth finished black upper, raw underside, of fine quality and heavily stitched, emboss stamped on both sides of the belt strap with the "H. MANDELARTZ AACHEN" maker mark, fold over weather flap with slotted post hole and when placed around the metal post on the body of the cover ensures a snug fit, inside has a magnetic metal v-shaped insert to accommodate the blade riveted in place at the blade end, measuring 160 mm x 160 mm x 23.5 mm overall. Very light contact, extremely fine.

Footnote: This buckle came from the personal collection of John R. Angolia, the author of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich, Revised Edition".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.