Sieper & sohne ludenscheid 1940( slovenie)

[sg8498]

Hello
Found in Slovenia.
Metal / aluminum buckles.
Denazified buckle.

[Ben Evans]

Unusual buckle, steel buckle with aluminium prongs, probably using up old stock from the transition from Aluminium to steel, what date is the tab?

[sg8498]

Sieper & sohne ludenscheid 1940

[Ben Evans]

Sieper & sohne ludenscheid 1940

So 1940 on the cusp of the change from aluminium to steel