An Army Officer Tropical Web Belt and Buckle; Published Example

Stamped aluminum and finished in olive-drab painted buckle, 50.5 mm diameter; buckle retains virtually 100% painted finish. Reverse marked with Assmann logo. Olive-drab web belt with web bound end, two sliding, vertical 20 mm web keepers and olive-drab painted aluminum catch. Length approx. 100 cm. An excellent example. Illustrated on page 88of Angolia’s book.

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.