Original German WWII Rare Tropical Afrikakorps DAK Web Belt with 1941 Dated Steel Buckle by Noelle & Hueck - Size 80 Scabbards & Sheaths 5” X 2”

5” X 2”

In the crown of the cap

including his Bronze Star Citation:

The crossguard has some past pitting

the 8th Battalion was based at Gilesgate in Durham and the 9th Battalion was based Burt Terrance in Gateshead (all since demolished)

Original German WWII Rare Tropical Afrikakorps DAK Web Belt with 1941 Dated Steel Buckle by Noelle & Hueck - Size 80 Scabbards & Sheaths 5” X 2”Original Item: Only One Available. This is a very attractive WWII German tropical waist belt of the type associated with the Deutsches Afrikakorps (DAK), complete with the correct Heer EM NCO steel belt buckle (Koppelschlo). The combination of the tan web construction and painted steel fittings was well suited to tropical service, where conventional leather equipment could suffer badly from heat and dry conditions. The buckle is of die stamped