A German Afrika Korps Army (Heer) Enlisted Man's Belt with Buckle

Buckle in die-stamped steel, finished in dark field gray, magnetic, unmarked, on the right end of the belt, matching receiving clip on the left end, the buckle measuring 48.5 mm x 64.3 mm. Belt in thick olive green webbed cotton, stamped in black ink "105" on the underside of the belt at the right end, reinforced stitching on both ends of the belt, leather tab with a smooth finished brown upper stitched in place on the underside on the right end, the tab with seven rows of two holes each for length adjustment, the belt securing the receiving clip and terminating on the reverse on the left side, the belt without sliders and measuring 43 mm x 1,055 mm. Surface rust evident on the obverse of the buckle, the belt without interruption in the fabric and exhibiting very light soiling. 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.