A Spanish Civil War Era Army Officer's Belt

Spain; Buckle with a three-piece construction, illustrating the Spanish coat-of-arms, with a red, white and black enamelled shield surmounted by the Franco crown, centering the eagle, mounted to a rectangular brass base, measuring 72 mm (w) x 56 mm (h). Belt in leather with the uppers of both pieces finished in white, the underside with a smooth mid-tone brown finish, leather tab with a very smooth mid-tone brown upper stitched in place on the underside at the right end, the tab with ten rows of two holes each for length adjustment, brass receiving clip stitched in place on the left end, vertical straps with white finished uppers stitched in place to the body of the belt on the left side, each of which houses a small brass ring, the belt measuring 40 mm in width x 960 mm in length. The enamels on the shield are intact, exhibiting crazing and light soiling on the white finish on the belt. As worn.