An NSDAP Youth Belt with Buckle

(NSDAP Jugend): Nickel-plated metal buckle on the right end, magnetic, marked "D.R.G.M." (Deutsches Reichsgebrauchsmuster) on the clip holding the belt in place, the buckle measuring 32.3 mm x 43.5 mm. Belt with a smooth finished black upper, raw underside, without stampings, the belt measuring 29 mm x 770 mm. Scattered wear in the plating on the buckle, surface rust on the buckle's underside, extensive wear and crazing on the upper of the belt. 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.