A German Night Watchman's Guild Belt Buckle by Christian Theodor Dicke Co.

In stamped bronzed steel, reverse marked "GES. GESCH." (Gesetzlich Geschützt) and maker marked with the Christian Theodor Dicke Co., Ludenscheid insignia, measuring 47.5 mm x 63.2 mm, worn, 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.