In die struck steel, magnetic, with mate grey paint finish; this is an over-stamp of an iron Bavarian WWI Enlisted buckle (pattern of Bavarian crown still visible). Almost identical buckles are illustrated on p. 410, 412 of Angolia’s book.
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.

