Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Police Officer’s Belt Buckle By Assmann With A 2Nd Pattern Ss Brocade Belt

(Feldbindenschloss). A silvered die-stamped aluminum belt buckle, on the right end of the belt, illustrating a mobile swastika with a half-wreath of oak leaves and acorns tied with a ribbon at the base below, inscribed “Gott mit uns” above, on a fine pebbled background, the reverse presents the maker mark for Assmann with the letters DRGM (Deutsches Reich Gebrauchsmuster / German Reich Registered Design) and the number 37, measures 49.19 mm in diameter, attached to a 45 mm wide aluminium brocade with woven alternate oak leaves and SS runes, with alternate black and aluminum stripes top and bottom, the slides were of the same pattern but without the oak leaves and SS runes, with a field-grey underside, a thick, green leather tab stitched in place on the underside of the left side, with nine rows of two holes each for length adjustment, stamped with “105” at the end, matching a silvered aluminum receiving clip, measures 111 cm in length, and in near mint condition.

Footnote: Effective 13 February 1939, Police officers who also held an SS commission were permitted to wear the SS leaders’ pattern of brocade dress belt.