A Mint SS EM/NCO's Belt Buckle by F.W. Assmann & Söhne

Belt Buckle in die stamped steel (magnetic), with silvery-grey paint, maker marked under the bar "RZM 155/40 SS" (for F.W. Assmann & Söhne, Lüdenscheid), while “40” indicates year of production (1940); an unused, “stone mint” buckle with 100% of the pain/finish present, ax excellent example. These steel buckles are associated with Waffen-SS.

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.