A Spanish Civil War Army Belt with Buckle

Buckle in brass on the right end, unmarked, illustrating the left-facing Spanish eagle with a cross on its chest, a Franco crown above the eagle's head, the buckle measuring 55.7 mm x 65.7 mm. Belt fabricated from a thick leather with a smooth finished black upper, raw underside, the belt fed around the bar on the buckle and finishes on the reverse, brass receiving clip riveted in place on the left end, the belt measuring 47 mm x 990 mm. Contact marks present on the buckle, wear and soiling evident on the upper. Very 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.