SS combat belt buckle and belt.
Reverse is clearly stamped 'RZM 822/38 SS' along the edge, confirming manufacture by Richard Sieper & Söhne from Lüdenscheid.
/38 indicate that it was manufactured 1938.
This is the second style/version made of aluminium.
This style buckle was adopted for wear by EM/NCO personnel in late 1931 or early 1932. Generally the early buckles were produced in solid nickel/silver until sometime in 1936 when aluminum alloys replaced the nickel/silver versions. In 1940 the EM/NCO's belt buckles began to be manufactured in steel replacing the aluminum alloy buckles.
A combat veteran for sure. Show wear. All parts in working condition. The part holding the prongs have a crack but it still in working condition.
It's brighter and better looking in hand.
