Germany, NSDAP. A Political Leader’s Brocade Buckle, by Friedrich Linden Newly Listed unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics

unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by an unknown maker as examined in “The Infantry Assault Badges”

with a shield at the bottom bearing a raised date of “1939”

textbook example by maker “Georg Ausf

perforated with two holes which retain a period original magnetic metal suspension loop

along with wear spots along the bottom edge of the back cover

Germany, NSDAP. A Political Leader’s Brocade Buckle, by Friedrich Linden Newly Listed unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics(Feldbindenschloss fr Politische Leiter der NSDAP). Constructed of gilded aluminum, the obverse consisting of a circular oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a clip and loop with swivel attachment claws, marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and maker code M4 24 for Friedrich Linden, Ldenscheid, measuring 48 mm in diameter, a classic