An Early Sa Double Claw Open Buckle With Belt

For the ranks Gefolgschaftsführer to Anwärter. Two-prong open-claw buckle in silvered feinzink with a pebbled upper on the right end, the buckle marked with the RZM (Reichszeugmeisterei) insignia, maker marked "M5/71" and marked with the "OLC" (Overhoff & Cie, Ludenscheid) insignia on the reverse, the buckle measuring 40.3 mm x 58.3 mm. Belt is fabricated from a very thick and stiff leather with a smooth finished dark brown upper, smooth cream-coloured underside, seven rows of two holes each for length adjustment on the left end, belt with one slider and measuring 44 mm x 1,180 mm. The buckle exhibits scattered silvering wear, with crazing evident on the belt's upper. 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.