An RAD (Reichsarbeitsdienst) General Officer's Belt Buckle by Overhoff & Cie

In stamped fire gilt brass, maker marked with the "OLC" (Overhoff & Cie, Ludenscheid) insignia, marked "GES. GESCH." (Gesetzlich Geschützt) and marked "36" (1936) on the reverse, measuring 48.5 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.