A Brown Leather Shoulder Strap by F.W. Assmann & Söhne,Lüdenscheid

Strap with a smooth finished brown leather upper, raw underside, strap fed though a silvered metal buckle with a pebbled upper, the buckle securing the strap where it folds around to the reverse and is riveted in place, one slider on the strap with its ends riveted in place, functioning silvered metal clips at either end, each clip with pebbled uppers, marked "D.R.G.M." (Deutsches Reichsgebrauchsmuster) and Assmann "A" (F.W. Assmann & Söhne,Lüdenscheid) on their reverses, one clip secured by the strap where it wraps around to the reverse and is riveted in place, both clips with a silvered metal D-ring attached to a leather loop with a smooth finished brown upper and are riveted in place, the strap measuring 24 mm x 1,030 mm. Light crazing and wear evident on the upper of the belt. Extremely 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.