A German Army Belt with Double Open-Claw Buckle by Paulmann & Crone, Ludenscheid

Dual-prong open-claw gilt metal buckle on the right end, non-magnetic, maker marked with the Paulmann & Crone, Ludenscheid insignia on the reverse, the buckle measuring 40 mm x 58.5 mm. Belt with a thick smooth finished dark brown upper, raw underside, very flexible, emboss stamped "1061" where the belt wraps around to the reverse on the right end, twelve rows of two holes each for length adjustment on the left end, the three pairs closet to the centre of the belt having been added by the owner, the belt with one slider with a matching upper, the belt measuring 44 mm x 1,250 mm. Scattered gilt wear on the buckle, light contact and crazing on the upper of the belt. Near 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.