A Luftwaffe Tropical Buckle And Webbed Belt; Published Example Hold Quality period strikings

Quality period strikings

Reader had previously served with the Royal West Kent Regiment in the South African Campaign (Second Boer War)

with double retaining  pin on reverse

conducted by the United States and an allied Coalition

"276" on the reverse

A Luftwaffe Tropical Buckle And Webbed Belt; Published Example Hold Quality period strikingsBuckle in die pressed steel, magnetic, 1940 Enlisted pattern, with olive drab paint and brown leather tab (tab is maker marked and dated 1942); with tan webbed belt, metal finished in the same paint as the buckle; belt displays Berlin manufacturers logo, of medium length, and in very fine condition; an excellent example. (Illustrated on p. 144 of Angolias book). Footnote: From the collection of approximately 900 German buckles accumulated by John R.