A German Forestry Belt With Buckle By Luneschloss, Solingen

Dual-prong open-claw leather-wrapped metal buckle with a smooth finished dark green upper on the right end, unmarked, the buckle measuring 42 mm x 60 mm. Belt with a smooth finished forest green upper, an emerald green felt underside, maker marked in gold-coloured ink "LUNESCHLOSS SOLINGEN" with the company's insignia where the belt wraps around to the reverse on the right end, six rows of two holes each for length adjustment on the left end, the belt measuring 43 mm x 1,100 mm. Light contact on the upper, scattered wear and mothing evident on the felt underside. Better than very 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. (C:166)