Belt with a smooth-finished black upper, smooth-finished brown underside and stamped "85" on the right end, a matching brown tab stitched in place on the right underside with seven rows of two holes each for length adjustment, a shorter leather tab with a smooth-finished black upper wrapped around the buckle's post, the black tab stamped with the "NOELLE & HUECK LÜDENSCHEID" maker mark and date stamped "1941", magnetic metal buckle in field gray affixed to the right end, maker marked "N & H" (Noelle & Hueck Lüdenscheid) and dated "1941" on the reverse, the buckle illustrating an eagle standing upon a swastika with the inscription "GOTT MIT UNS" (God Is With Us) above and a wreath of oak leaves and acorns below, the buckle measuring 49 mm x 64 mm, a metal receiving clip in field gray on the left end, the tabbed end of the belt that feeds under the clip and finishes on the reverse is maker stamped "LOHMANNWERKE A-G BIELEFELD" and date stamped "1942", the belt measuring 44 mm x 830 mm, light wear on the belt's upper, the buckle with minimal contact, extremely 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.