A Second War Feisler Factory Belt

Fabricated from a thick leather with a smooth finished brown upper, smooth finished black underside, emboss stamped "J.R. 167", "III. R. W. Coh. R. 21", along with faded numbers in front of each of "3B" and "9K" on the upper, brass receiving clip stitched in place where the belt narrows and wraps around to the reverse on the left end, a tab stitched in place on the underside with a smooth finished black upper on the right end, the tab with six rows of twoholes each for length adjustment, the second pair of holes from the end having widened from extensive use, the belt measuring 43 mm x 1,160 mm. Exhibiting extensive wear from active use, especially on the tab. 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.