A German Police Enlisted Man's Belt With Buckle

Buckle in stamped feinzink, non-magnetic, unmarked, the buckle measuring 48.8 mm x 64.5 mm. Belt with a thick smooth finished black upper, with a smooth finished black underside, very flexible, unmarked, smooth finished black leather tab stitched in place to the underside, with seven rows of two holes each for length adjustment on the right end, magnetic metal receiving clip in field gray held firmly in place where the belt wraps around to the reverse on the left end, the belt measuring 42 mm x 1,020 mm. Scattered silvering wear on the buckle and paint wear on the receiving clip, light contact and crazing on the upper of the belt, extensive crazing and wear evident on the underside of the belt and on the tab. 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.