A Brown Leather HJ Belt; RZM & Croupon Marked

Belt is fabricated from a thick leather with a smooth finished dark brown upper, raw underside, magnetic silvered metal receiving clip on the left end, a synthetic protective tab stitched in place behind the clip, emboss stamped with the RZM (Reichszeugmeisterei) insignia, the maker mark "L2/600/43" and "CROUPON" on the underside of the belt beside the clip, seven rows of two holes each for length adjustment on the right end, the belt without sliders and measuring 44 mm x 1,150 mm. Very light contact and crazing on the upper. 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.