A Third Reich German Athletic Association Belt Buckle; Reduced Size

(Deutscher Turnerbund) In stamped brass with silvered brass face plate affixed by single rivet, unmarked reverse, measuring 37.7 mm x 53 mm, lightly worn, 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.