Dual prong open-claw buckle in silvered nickel with a pebbled upper on the right end, marked with the RZM (Reichszeugmeisterei) insignia and maker marked "M52/93" (Paulmann & Crone, Lüdenscheid) on the reverse, the buckle measuring 40.3 mm x 58.2 mm. Belt is fabricated from a thick leather with a smooth finished black upper, smooth finished cream-coloured underside, emboss stamped with the RZM (Reichszeugmeisterei) insignia and maker marked "L2/2189/38" on the end of the belt where it wraps around the buckle to the reverse on the right end, seven rows of two holes each for length adjustment on the left end, the belt measuring 44 mm x 1,235 mm. Crazing along with light contact and discolouration evident on the upper, light wear on the reverse. 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.