An Elaborate Second War Period German Patriotic Buckle

Multi-piece construction, fire gilded brass, unmarked, voided areas throughout, obverse with large swastikas on either end, on a base incorporating an oval interlaced with a ornate flowing frame, with a raised hook in the centre, reverse with a bar housing a receiving clip, 46 mm x 78.7 mm, spotting and scattered gilt wear evident, near 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