A National Forestry Service Official's Dress Brocade Belt with Buckle; Published Example

Buckle in silvered aluminum on the right end of the belt, unmarked, illustrating a left-facing spread-winged eagle, its talons gripping a wreathed swastika, on a pebbled background, surrounded by a wreath of oak leaves and acorns with a ribbon at the base, the buckle measuring 49.8 mm x 55 mm. Army patterned brocade dress belt in fine aluminum wire and two rows of forest green embroidery on the upper, interlaced with white threading, forest green felt sides and underside, the belt fed through the loop on the buckle, wrapping around and stitched in place on the reverse, thick smooth finished butterscotch-coloured leather tab stitched in place on the underside on the left end, the tab with a pebbled upper along with seven rows of two holes each for length adjustment and emboss stamped "108" on its tip, matching receiving clip on the left end, two sliders on the belt with matching uppers, the belt measuring 46 mm x 1,220 mm. Scattered mothing on the felt reverse. Near extremely fine. This particular belt with buckle is illustrated in black and white on page 519 and in colour on page 646 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich, Revised Edition" by John R. Angolia and came from his personal collection. 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. (C:166)