A Rare SS-Gau Essen Belt Buckle

In die stamped nickel (nonmagnetic), with anodized finish, unmarked, in mint condition; a textbook example of a very rare and desirable buckle.

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