A Brown Leather German Belt; Stamped

Belt in leather with a thick smooth finished light brown upper, raw underside, smooth finished brown leather tab stitched in place to the underside, with eight rows of two holes each for length adjustment on the right end, the pair closest to where the tab is stitched to the body of the belt having been added by the owner, magnetic gilt metal receiving clip held firmly in place where the belt wraps around to the reverse on the left end, stamped in black ink with partial stamps inscribed "REU" above "Sohde" on the wrap around portion, the belt measuring 45 mm x 1,090 mm. Crazing and soiling evident on both sides, scattered gilt wear on the receiving clip. 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.