A German National Forestry Service Official's Belt with Buckle by F.W. Assmann & Söhne

Buckle in silvered aluminum on the right end of the belt, maker marked with the stylized Assmann "A" (F.W. Assmann & Söhne, Lüdenscheid) on the reverse, illustrating a left-facing spread-winged eagle, its talons gripping a wreathed swastika, on a pebbled background, surrounded by a wreath of oak leaves and acorns with a ribbon at the base, the buckle measuring 50 mm x 54.5 mm. Belt with a smooth finished forest green upper, with a green felt underside, belt passes through the loop of the buckle and finishes on the back, the buckle stitched in place, pebbled finished brown leather tab stitched in place on the underside at the left end, the tab with six rows of two holes each for length adjustment, aluminum receiving clip on the left end, belt with two sliders that have matching uppers, an additional smooth finished brown tab wrapped the receiving clip and stitched to the slider at the left end, the belt measuring 44 mm x 1,120 mm. Scattered silvering wear on the buckle, light crazing and surface wear present on the upper, separation of the felt underside from the leather belt for 200 mm along the bottom edge near the buckle. Better than 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.