A Black Leather German Should Strap by Overhoff & Cie

Strap in leather with a smooth finished black upper, smooth finished off-white underside, strap fed though a magnetic silvered metal buckle, 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 together, the strap measuring 18 mm x 810 mm, each end of the strap housing a functioning magnetic metal clip secured by the strap where it wraps around to the reverse, each clip maker marked with the "OLC" (Overhoff & Cie, Ludenscheid) insignia on their reverses and attached to a magnetic silvered metal D-ring, with a 18 mm x 80 mm folded over strap riveted in place to both. Very light crazing on the leather portions, one small scuff on the main strap's upper, scattered silvering wear on the D-rings. 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.