A German National Forestry Service Official's Belt Buckle By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Auction Archive cover printed in brown and

cover printed in brown and gold inks on a thick beige stock

the pouch designed with a weather protective flap with tab and when released from the brass post on its front and lifted up

the cloth binding having separated from the binder

and entered the Gulf of Salerno on September 9

A German National Forestry Service Official's Belt Buckle By F.w. Assmann & Söhne Auction Archive cover printed in brown andn stamped aluminum, maker marked with a stylized "A" (F. W. Assmann & Shne, Ldenscheid) on the reverse, measuring 50 mm x 54. 5 mm, extremely fine. A similar buckle is illustrated on page 519 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich, Revised Edition" by John R. Angolia and came from his personal collection. Footnote: From the collection of approximately 900 German buckles accumulated by John R. Angolia, who start collecting buckles, belts and