Germany. An Hj Brown Belt To Croupon Nr.191

Belt is fabricated from a thick leather with a smooth finished brown upper, raw underside, a tab stitched in place on the underside with a smooth finished dark brown upper on the right end, the tab with seven rows of twoholes each for length adjustment, emboss stamped "Croupon" above "Nr.191" on the tab where it is stitched in place to the body of the belt, magnetic silvered metal receiving clip on the left end, stamped "100" in blue ink on the underside beside the receiving clip, the belt with a D-ring stitched in place to the body of the belt along the top edge near the receiving clip, the belt with one slider with its ends riveted together and incorporating a D-ring, the belt measuring 43 mm x 945 mm. Discolouration evident on the upper, light wear present on the underside, crazing on the slider. Better than very 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.