Germany, Weimar Republic. A Bavaria State Forestry Official’s Service Belt and Buckle

(Bayerischer Förster Koppelschloss und Gürtel). Constructed of gilded bronze, the obverse depicting a rampant Bavarian lion facing left on a raised pebbled dome, surrounded by a full oak wreath with a mobile swastika superimposed on-top of the bow holding the wreath together at the bottom of the belt, the reverse plain, with a soldered catch and a standard double-claw spring bar assembly, unmarked, measuring 47.47 mm in diameter. The belt is fabricated from thick brown leather, the upper side with a smooth finish while the underside has a raw finish, featuring a matching slider, with one end featuring a set of snap-close buttons to hold the buckle in place, the other side is partially lined with green wool, with a leather tab sewn to the belt with six sets of vertically oriented doubled-up holes for length adjustment, marked “86” for size, measuring 43 mm (w) x 962 mm (h), a worn set in overall near very fine condition.