An NSDAP-SA Political Leader's Belt with Buckle by Friedrich Linden

Buckle in gilt aluminum illustrating the 1939 pattern right-facing eagle inside a wreath of oak leaves on the right end, marked with the RZM (Reichszeugmeisterei) insignia and maker marked "M4/24" (Friedrich Linden, Lüdenscheid) on the reverse, the buckle measuring 56.5 mm. Belt is fabricated from a thick leather with a smooth finished brown upper, raw underside, aluminum receiving clip with a gold-coloured wash stitched in place on the left end, the right end with seven rows of two holes each for length adjustment, inscribed on the underside "Wolfl" over "Seeshaupt" between the right end and the first pair of holes, a tab with a smooth finished butterscotch-coloured upper stitched in place on the underside of the belt, the tab with six rows of two holes each for length adjustment, the belt with one slider and measuring 59 mm x 1,075 mm. Light contact on the buckle and receiving clip, light soiling and contact on the upper, near 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.