An RAD Enlisted Man's Belt Buckle by Julius Maurer Oberstein 1939

(Reichsarbeitsdienst): In mold injected aluminum, previously painted field green, reverse maker marked with the Julius Maurer Oberstein a.d. Nahe insignia and dated "39" (1939), measuring 48.5 mm x 64.2 mm, emboss stamped with the "JULIUS MAURER OBERSTEIN a.d. NAHE" maker mark and dated "1939" on the leather tab, lightly worn, 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.