A Rare E. Reitz Werkschutz of Antwerp Factory Guard's Belt Buckle

In silvered stamped zinc, unmarked reverse, measuring 49 mm x 66 mm, lightly worn, extremely fine and rare. The E. Reitz uniformwerke was one of the biggest uniform factories outside Germany. It was located in Merksem, a suburb of Antwerp, Belgium, in a former tobacco factory. The Germans installed a huge production unit for military uniforms used by the Wehrmacht, Luftwaffe , Waffen-SS and Kriegsmarine. 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.