A Probable Post-War Modification of a Luftwaffe Enlisted Man's Belt Buckle by Franke & Co.

In stamped steel with replaced zinc face plate affixed by 3 tabs, maker marked "Dr. F. & Co." (Franke & Co., Lüdenscheid) on the reverse, measuring 48 mm x 64 mm, 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.