{"id":18293,"date":"2025-12-16T13:36:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T21:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiquesarmsandarmor.com\/?p=18293"},"modified":"2025-12-16T13:36:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T21:36:21","slug":"german-wwii-topical-belt-buckle-afrika-korp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiquesarmsandarmor.com\/index.php\/militaria\/beltsbuckles\/german-military-beltsbuckles\/german-wwii-topical-belt-buckle-afrika-korp\/","title":{"rendered":"German WWII Topical Belt &#038; Buckle, Afrika Korp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Description:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Standard issue, 1940 pattern, olive drab painted, die stamped steel construction, combat box buckle features a smooth outer field with a high relief, embossed Wehrmacht style eagle with down swept wings. The reverse of the buckle is a mirror image of the obverse. The reverse has the brazed buckle catch, prong bar and prongs all intact. Appears as unmarked; The buckle comes complete on a 45mm wide, 110cm (ink stamped) long, woven, khaki\/olive canvas web construction waist belt with a steel buckle catch and early full web retaining tongue with seven pairs of parallel eyelets. Both buckle and belt show very little if any actual use.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><b>Background:<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Originally all EM\/NCO\u2019s belts were produced in a blackened leather until late 1940, with the impending German entrance into the North African campaign, tropical uniforms and equipment were quickly developed and issued in time for DAK, Deutsches Afrika Korps, personnel\u2019s arrival in Tripoli in February 1941 and included a canvas web constructed waist belt. 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