Dual prong open-claw buckle in silvered zinc with a pebbled upper on the left end, unmarked, the buckle measuring 45 mm x 69.8 mm. Belt is fabricated from a thick leather with a smooth finished brown upper, raw underside, seven rows of two holes each for length adjustment on the right end, quadruple slotted straps stitched in place to the underside of the belt in two locations: one on the left front and one at the right rear, each with a vertical strap held in place by a metal post and incorporating a magnetic metal D-ring, the two D-rings linked by a two-piece shoulder strap with a smooth finished brown upper and raw underside, the one end of the shoulder strap stitched in place to the D-ring at the right rear, the other end with the longer piece of the shoulder strap fed through a metal buckle with a pebbled upper, complemented by a shorter piece stitched in place to the buckle at the one end and housing a functioning metal clip at the other which is connected to the D-ring at the left front, the belt measuring 54 mm x 1,230 mm, the shoulder strap measuring 23 mm x 1,130 mm. Scattered silvering wear evident on the buckle, light soiling present on the upper on the belt and shoulder strap. Near 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.