A Luftwaffe Belt with Double Open Claw Buckle by Overhoff & Cie

Dual prong open-claw buckle in silvered nickel with a pebbled upper on the right end, marked with the RZM (Reichszeugmeisterei) insignia and maker marked "M5/71" (Overhoff & Cie, Ludenscheid) on the reverse, the buckle measuring 49.5 mm x 75.5 mm. Belt is fabricated from a very thick leather with a smooth finished reddish-brown upper, gray felt underside, six rows of two holes each for length adjustment on the left end, quadruple slotted straps stitched in place to the underside of the belt in two locations: one on the right front and one at the rear, the belt emboss stamped "110" where the belt wraps around the buckle and finishes on the reverse on the right end, two D-rings placed on leather straps looped around the belt: one facing upward, the other facing downward, the belt with one slider and measuring 58 mm x 1,140 mm. Scattered silvering wear evident on the reverse of the buckle, soiling present on the upper, wear and soiling on the felt underside. 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.