WWII GERMAN ENLISTED BELTS & BUCKLES

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279. WWII GERMAN ENLISTED BELTS & BUCKLES | WWII German SS enlisted leather belts fitted with box buckles bearing the SS eagle and swastika within a rope border and the motto ?Meine Ehre hei?t Treue? (?My honor is loyalty?). Both retain their leather adjustment tongues and show differing degrees of period service wear. From the Italian collection of Steno Tonelli. | ~36l. | Expected wear and aging to leather, with surface rubbing, oxidation and patina to buckles. (Very Good to Excellent Condition) | $400 - $800

Condition
Expected wear and aging to leather, with surface rubbing, oxidation and patina to buckles. (Very Good to Excellent Condition)