WH (Heeres) 'tropical-issued' belt-buckle being a clearly maker- (ie. 'HA'-) marked (and/or: '42'-dated) field-grey-coloured example that comes mounted onto its original, greenish-coloured- (and/or: 'webbing'-based-) tab

The very attractive - and 'still virtually mint'! - 'tropical-issued' belt-buckle (ie. 'Koppelschloss für Mannschaften u. Unteroffiziere des Heeres') just shows some truly minimal age, wear and/or (rust)staining but comes in a fully untouched condition and comes as recently found. The buckle truly retains most (ie. almost all!) of its period-applied, field-grey-coloured paint and was (I deem) just minimally used and/or worn: it just shows some minimal dust ie. staining but was never cleaned nor polished (as can be seen on the pictures). The buckle - which still retains pronounced detail as to be expected and that shows the typical tan- (ie. field-grey-) coloured paint - came mounted onto its original greenish-coloured- (and/or typical 'webbing'-fabricated) tab (as can be noticed on the pictures). These 'tropical' belt-buckles saw wide-spread usage within the DAK (or: 'Deutsches Afrika Korps') but saw also usage in the later-war years (for example in the Balkan- and/or Mediterranean-) combat-areas. The piece shows a clearly present maker- (ie. 'HA'- or: 'Hermann Aurich'-) marking and is also: '1942'-dated (as can be noticed on the pictures). It should be noted that these army-type 'tropical-issue' belt-buckles can nowadays easily be graded 'fairly scarce': even more so when they come in this hardly used (ie. but untouched!) condition as this example on sale here. The piece was recently found at a private-household in Germany and was never before in collectors'-hands. I deem that I have priced this neat, truly 'tropical-issued'- and/or virtually mint example according to its moderately used- and/or worn condition!

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