BDM Open Claw Belt Buckle
CATEGORY: Version
SKU: 33.GOR.02.02.001.000
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Single prong open-claw buckle in silvered nickel on the left end, magnetic, marked with the RZM (Reichszeugmeisterei) insignia and maker marked "M5/71" (Overhoff & Cie., Lüdenscheid) on the reverse, the buckle measuring 42.3 mm x 51 mm. Belt in a thin leather with a smooth finished dark brown upper, raw underside, single row of ten holes for length adjustment, the belt wraps around the buckle and matching slider which are held firmly in place via two rivets, the belt measuring 36 mm x 1,005 mm. Light contact on the buckle, the belt exhibiting crazing on the upper from active use and remains very supple. Near extremely fine.
In the early days of the organisation, uniforms were only loosely based on a general common pattern. Standardisation was achieved in 1933 in a regulation from August 10.
Members of the BDM wore a single open claw buckle made of nickel on a 40mm wide waist belt made of dark blue leather.
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