DESCRIPTION
This is a wonderful find right out of the woodwork from the daughter of a very well seasoned WW2 collector's estate. The buckle is your typical mid to late war unmarked Waffen-SS but Overhoff & CIE attributed based on it's die-stamped design and reverse configuration. A great deal of the buckle's original silver wash is still present both front and back and the leather is clearly stamped wit it's SS issue marks "VA 401/43 SS". The leather belt is stamped 110 at one end which is a rarely XL size representing 110cm in girth.
Both ammo pouches could be original to the belt in my opinion and are mismatched one having a late war RBN number and the other one dated 194`1. Extremely rare to find an original SS marked leather belt still affixed to it's original SS belt buckle!!
$1500
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GERMAN HELMET FACTORY PRODUCTION CODES
(Every original German helmet produced from 1935 to 45 had two factory stampings punched into the side and rear or both in the rear. The alpha numeric number refers to the factory location and the inside metric circumference in centimeters. The rear lot number refers to the production run and was used as a quality control measure. The font styles used at each factory were slightly different but highly consistent throughout the war and so fakes or reproductions will either not have these numbers at all or they will use the wrong font style or letter spacing and so are easily identified as post war made.)
(FS or EF)-Emaillierwerke AG, Fulda, Germany
(ET or ckl)-Eisenhuttenwerke, Thale, Germany
(Q)-Quist, Esslingen, Germany
(NS)-Vereinigte Deutsche Nikelwerke, Schwerte, Germany
(SE or hkp)-Sachsische Emaillier u. Stanzwerke, Lauter, Germany
