A German Red Cross (Deutches Roten Kreuz) Belt

Belt is fabricated from a thick leather with a smooth finished black upper, raw underside, very flexible, the belt slotted with a large hole at the centre point and surrounded by a circular impression approximately 200 mm from the left end, possibly for the wearing of a hewer, a tab stitched in place on the underside with a smooth finished dark brown upper on the right end, the tab with five rows of two holes each for length adjustment, emboss stamped "Z.D.V.R.K." (Zentral Depot vom Roten Kreuz = Central Depository of the Red Cross) flanked by crosses on the tab where it is stitched to the body of the belt, silvered brass receiving clip on the left end, the clip secured by the strapwhere it wraps around to the reverse and is stitched in place, the belt measuring 44 mm x 1,050 mm. Light crazing and wear evident on the upper on both the belt and tab, light soiling evident on the underside of the belt, the tab slightly loose due to partial stitching loss, exhibiting scattered silvering wear on the receiving clip. Better than very fine.

Footnote: This belt came from the personal collection of John R. Angolia, the author of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich, Revised Edition".