Item Description
Original Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice Pre-WWII German Wehrmacht Luftwaffe EM/NCO's Pebbled Aluminum Belt Buckle (Koppelschloß), with the correct leather belt. The buckle is embossed with an early pattern "Droop Tail" Luftwaffe Eagle inside a laurel wreath on the front. Only the earliest Luftwaffe material was marked with this eagle, which later had a tail that extended out more to the left. It is the standard stamped aluminum "box" pattern with a pebbled texture on the front, with the insignia die struck into the front. The buckle is in very good condition, with the pebbling very well retained, and most of the detail in the eagle present, which is definitely a rarity! There is no maker marking on the buckle itself, so we assume it originally had a marking on the leather tab, which is now missing. It features a very sturdy retention loop on the reverse, which we have heard were favored by Fallschirmjäger Paratroopers.
The belt itself measures about 35 1/2” from end to end, made from thick leather with the standard leather tab with 7 pairs of holes attached to it for size adjustment, though two extra pairs were added very close to where it is stitched on. It is named to G. Lauer Wiesbaden under tab. There is also a (RZM) KERNSTÜCK / L2/4172/38 maker mark on the stitched end of the tab. The belt is in very good shape, showing a good amount of service, and is somewhat stiff due to age. The finish has a lovely patina from use that is simply impossible to duplicate. It has a nice steel end clip, which is a bit bent, so it does not properly attach to the buckle at present.
Overall a very good example of a hard to find early pattern named WWII German Belt and buckle. Ready to research and display!
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