An SS Enlisted Man's Belt Buckle by Unknown Maker; Published Example

In injection molded aluminum, reverse marked with the RZM (Reichszeugmeisterei) insignia, maker marked "822/38" (unknown maker, 1938) and marked with the "SS" runes on the reverse, measuring 48.3 mm x 64.7 mm, 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.