A 1935 Pattern Luftwaffe Enlisted Man's Belt Buckle to Clothing Department

In mold injected aluminum, unmarked reverse, measuring 47.3 mm x 64.5 mm, with leather tab emboss stamped with the "DRANSFELD & Co MENDEN 7 W" maker mark and dated "1936" on the obverse and emboss stamped "L.B.A." (Luftwaffe Bekleidungs Amt = Airforce Clothing Department), "SL8 I" and "Aufkl.Gr.10" (Aufklärungsgruppe 10 = Scouting Group 10) on the reverse, well worn, 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.