Germany, Nsdap. A High Quality Second War Period German Patriotic Buckle

Multi-piece construction, fire gilded brass, unmarked, voided centre, obverse with swastikas in three positions, the fourth position housing a raised swish, ornate framing in between the four icons, reverse with a bar housing a receiving clip, along with a loop, 54 mm x 85.2 mm, 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