Heer Parade Belt & Buckle – Aluminum

Product Description: This Heer Parade Belt & Buckle is an outstanding example, displaying beautifully with excellent plus condition throughout.

The buckle is a private-purchase dress type, constructed of lightweight two-piece aluminum. The obverse features a finely pebbled surface with a separately applied “Gott mit Uns” roundel, showing sharp detail and virtually pristine surfaces. As typical for this style, the buckle was never painted. The reverse retains its integral catch, along with the aluminum roller bar and prongs assembly. The four attachment prongs for the roundel remain clearly visible. As is standard for this pattern, the buckle is unmarked, consistent with private-purchase examples.

The leather belt is equally impressive, measuring approximately 37 ½ inches (marked “96”). It is an early-war type with separate tongue, featuring a plated hook. The belt is maker marked on the tongue and remains supple, strong, and completely sound, with no issues or repairs.

Overall, this is a very high-quality Heer dress belt and buckle set, combining textbook construction with outstanding preservation. A superb example that would be difficult to upgrade.

Historical Description: The belt buckle was an important part of the regalia worn by all uniformed military, civil, political, and paramilitary organizations during the Third Reich. The belt (“Koppel”) was part of the uniform and would always be worn while on duty. The belt buckle (“Koppelschloss”) was generally specific to each organization, with many organizations having separate belt buckles for officers and for enlisted personnel, sometimes with different colors and finishes to further denote specific purposes. The buckles were adorned with various mottos and designs specific to the organizations for which they were intended. Many designs used the German national eagle emblem, in a variety of forms. Belt buckles were worn with uniforms ranging from finely tailored officer parade uniforms, to the issue uniforms of enlisted soldiers in combat. Generally speaking, most German belt buckles of the Third Reich were made with two prongs on the reverse, to allow the buckle to be worn and adjusted on a belt. The buckle had a catch that would mate with a hook on the belt, when worn. The earliest Third Reich buckles were often made of brass, or nickel silver. Later, aluminum became very common, and was used on private purchase as well as enlisted buckles of the German military, with or without a painted or plated finish. After WWII began, most enlisted military buckles were steel. Nazi belt buckles were popular souvenirs for Allied troops who served in Europe. Some types were made by the millions and remain quite common today. Others were made in limited numbers and are very rare.

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