SS belt ID

**Liam** · 11-13-2017, 05:01 AM

hi all, Could i get some opinions on this belt please? is it genuine article and SS issue as indicated? (Hope the pictures are good enough for an ID).

thanks.

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 11-13-2017 05:01 AM

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**kirby** · 11-13-2017, 02:28 PM

It is just a late war belt with the holes punched through the leather instead of having an adjustment strap. These might be RBN marked or it might have a size marking but hand written SS or a name doesn't really add anything to the belt.

**John Brandon** · 11-13-2017, 03:39 PM

plus as Kirby has already stated, it is missing it's leather tongue, so the belt itself is not that desirable or worth a great deal

**kirby** · 11-13-2017, 05:29 PM

I can’t see the photo on my phone but the belt was made without an adjustment strap. You see this a lot on late war belts.

**Liam** · 11-14-2017, 01:06 AM

Yes,as Kirby states mid to late war belts were issued without adjustment straps. The Reich in decline budgeted on most field gear. Also, named items in my opinion always add value and interest and being SS issue would no doubt increase value. However, my main concern was that it is a genuine belt. Thanks.

**Ben Evans** · 11-14-2017, 08:41 AM

Genuine late war leather belt, these never had the leather tongues inside. To call it a SS belt it really needs the SS markings, these tended to be the earlier belts with the tongues as later in the war markings were not really adopted as they wanted the quantity out rather than the quality.