A German Penal Institution Administration Official's Belt Bucklel Type II

In bronzed stamped aluminum, marked "GES. GESCH." (Gesetzlich Geschützt) and marked "2" inside a double ruled circle, measuring 50.3 mm, worn, near 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.