A German Leather Bayonet Frog

Fabricated from a thick leather, the upper and reverse of the base with a brushed suede-like finish, the holster with a smooth finished light brown leather upper, with heavy, durable, quality stitching, reinforced with four rivets, two-piece securing strap stitched in place across the narrow neck, the one strap with a magnetic silvered metal post, the other strap with a tear-shaped slot for placement around the post, handwritten in black ink "John Dic" on the reverse, the frog measuring 55 mm x 225 mm. Light soiling and wear evident on the base. Near 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.