Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Enlisted Man's Belt Buckle, by Noelle & Heuck 1942

In stamped steel, painted Kriegsmarine blue, reverse maker marked "N & H" (Noelle & Heuck, Lüdenscheid) and dated "1942" on the reverse, measuring 48.5 mm x 63.5 mm, worn, 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.