Buckle in silvered nickel with red and black paint on the right end, unmarked, the buckle measuring 39 mm x 42.5 mm. Belt is fabricated from a fine gold-coloured bullion wire interlaced with yellow threading, with two rows of brown embroidery on either side on the upper, the reverse in a smooth finished light brown leather, the belt without sliders, silvered nickel receiving clip on the left end, the belt measuring 34 mm x 890 mm. Chipping present in the red and black paint on the buckle, scattered interruptions in the fabrics on the upper, crazing and wear on the leather reverse, separation evident of the upper from the leather backer near the buckle. 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.