Original German WWII 1941 dated Luftwaffe Unit Marked Leather Belt with Steel Painted Buckle German SS and internal retaining spring

and internal retaining spring

The markings on the barrel rib remain very crisp

During the night of December 15-16 the German army launched its last great offensive of World War II

1943 to December 8th

the idea was to revise the Mauser Gewehr 71/84 to use a small caliber smokeless powder round based on the old 11mm black powder Reichspatrone

Original German WWII 1941 dated Luftwaffe Unit Marked Leather Belt with Steel Painted Buckle German SS and internal retaining springOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice WWII German Wehrmacht Luftwaffe EM NCO's Belt Buckle (Koppelschlo) with a pre war 1936 dated correct leather belt. The buckle is embossed with the wartime Luftwaffe straight tail eagle on a pebbled central field, surrounded by a wreath. The buckle is of 1940 pattern, die stamped, steel construction, with a dark blue grey painted finish, which is still present on about 40% of the buckle exterior.