Germany, SS. A Mint SS Belt with Strap
Belt is fabricated from a very thick leather with a smooth finished black upper and a raw underside, tab with a smooth finished black upper stitched in place on the right end with seven rows of two holes each for length adjustment, emboss stamped "90" at the tip and "1/35" flanked by the SS Runes to the left and the RZM (Reichszeugmeisterei) insignia to the right where it is stitched to the body of the belt, faded naming in black ink inscribed to the underside of the belt immediately to the right of the tab, magnetic metal clip held in place by two rivets on the left end, the belt measuring 45 mm x 990 mm. Contact marks and spotting of white paint evident on the upper, the belt itself very rigid, scattered surface rust on the metal clip. Strap is fabricated in leather with a smooth finished black upper and a semi-smooth finished black underside, with a pebbled ring secured in place by a magnetic metal post fed through the slot in the belt and folds around to the reverse of the strap, the pebbled D-ring housing a 22 mm x 60 mm belt loop, the loop emboss stamped on its underside "1/35" flanked by the SS Runes to the left and the RZM (Reichszeugmeisterei) insignia to the right, the pebbled D-ring with a figure-eight loop housing a magnetic metal ten-link chain, the other end of the chain connected to a ring attached to a large u-shaped clip, a circular tag printed in black ink on a light brown card paper stock attached to the same D-ring via a red string, obverse of the tag illustrating the RZM (Reichszeugmeisterei) insignia, its reverse inscribed "Original" with "SCHUTZSTAFFEL DER NSDAP" above and "REICHSZEUGMEISTEREI" below, silvered magnetic metal buckle at the dangling end, the buckle with a short strap riveted in place and housing a functioning black-finished magnetic metal clip, the strap measuring 20 mm x 425 mm. Near mint.

