WH (Heer) EM/NCO's Belt Buckle 'Kugel & Fink' 1937

Wehrmacht (Heer) Belt Buckle (Koppelschloß). On 24 January 1936 this new pattern EM/NCO's belt buckle was officially introduced to replace the previously worn Weimar era Reichsheer buckle. The basic design of the Reichsheer buckle was retained with the addition of the new Wehrmacht style national eagle. This pattern buckle was worn through-out the Third Reich period with minor manufacturing variations and different colored finishes. The colored finish was determined by regulations depending on what form of uniform it was to be worn with. Nice fieldgrey painted aluminum construction metal box buckle with a pebbled background. The buckle itself is not visible maker marked, it is complete with its original leather tab, maker marked by the company of the 'Gebr. Kugel & Fink' from Lüdenscheid and dated 1937. The buckle still retains most of its original fieldgrey paint. Nice original early buckle in very good condition!