Droptale. 120 cm.
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The Luftwaffe enlisted men's and NCO's belt and buckle (Koppel and Koppelschloss) was the basic waist belt of air force service and field dress. The box-type buckle was introduced in 1935, replacing the earlier DLV pattern. It was worn by ground and flying personnel alike, including paratroopers, and carried ammunition pouches and other equipment. The first pattern is called the "droop tail" type by collectors, after the drooping tail of the eagle embossed on a pebbled field inside a laurel wreath. It was superseded around 1937/38 by an eagle with a straighter, more extended tail. Early buckles are die-struck aluminium, often in two pieces with a silver finish. From 1940 painted steel replaced aluminium, first in blue-grey and later in a tropical olive version. Collectors distinguish variants by eagle pattern, material, catch type (the crank-type catch is less common), and the maker, date and Luftwaffe acceptance stamps on the buckle reverse and its leather tab. Early belts were brown leather, later generally blackened, and had a claw end with adjustment holes. The tabs were officially discontinued in 1942.
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