Germany. A Waffen-SS Enlisted Man’s Belt with Buckle
The buckle in aluminum-finished steel (magnetic); the obverse with a standard SS motif consisting of a national eagle with spread wings, clutching a static swastika in its talons, and the SS motto “Meine Ehre heißt Treue” in raised lettering surrounding the wreathed swastika between two ropes; the reverse with standard double-claw prongs and a soldered-on catch; measuring 64 mm x 48 mm; the belt is fabricated from a very thick leather swith a smooth finished black upper; the reverse with a natural caramel coloured finish; one end with a metal receiver clip stitched into place, the other with an additional leather tab with seven rows of two vertically oriented holes for length adjustment of the belt; with the wearer’s initials written on the back of the belt, and embossed “100”, and maker marked “Wittkop & Co. Bielefeld, 1940” on the reverse; measuring 113 mm x 43 mm; the buckle having lost most of its original finish, with moderate to severe oxidation on the obverse, but the leather belt well preserved; in overall near very fine condition. (C:202)

