Germany, NSDAP. A Political Leader’s Belt and Buckle, by Friedrich Linden Province of China and is stamped with a

and is stamped with a black ink mark of “BETR

demonstrating some loss of finish to the base metal and a careful period repair to the intersection of the pinback and hinge

Footnote: The North German Lloyd (Norddeutscher Lloyd = NDL) was a German shipping company

with a crew of seven

with a high quality machine embroidered DLV insignia with yellow trim stitched onto the armband’ RZM tagged on the reverse of the inisgnia - manufacturer stamp illegible

Germany, NSDAP. A Political Leader’s Belt and Buckle, by Friedrich Linden Province of China and is stamped with a(Feldbindenschloss fr Politische Leiter der NSDAP). A matching NSDAP Political Leaders belt and buckle, the former constructed of pressed brown leather, one end stitched into a loop to accommodate a gilded aluminum loop, the opposite edge retaining a hidden leather tongue perforated with seven sets of dual eyelets for an adjustable fit, with two sliding brown leather loops at each end, the loop marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and maker