Buckle in silver nickel with gilt centre, 48mm, featuring the diplomatic national emblem with head facing to its left, and surrounded by a full laurel leaves wreath, unmarked; with brocade dress belt, 44mm high, constructed of interwoven aluminum flat wires, sitting on top of dark blue velvet backing; through the center of belt all the way around running two dark blue stripes, each approx. 5mm wide, in dark blue threads; stamped length (100); high quality belt and buckle, in virtually mint condition.
Footnote: From the collection of approximately 900 German buckles and militaria 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.