Original German WWII Luftwaffe Leather Belt with Steel Painted Buckle - both dated 1942 Lanchester SMG a retired Indian Army Gorkha

a retired Indian Army Gorkha soldier

Maker’s markings and patent information still completely legible on top of the receiver

The ignition system was completely different from the one of the 1913 model

exists today

Original German WWII Luftwaffe Leather Belt with Steel Painted Buckle - both dated 1942 Lanchester SMG a retired Indian Army GorkhaOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice WWII German Wehrmacht Luftwaffe EM NCO's Belt Buckle (Koppelschlo) with correct leather belt. It is embossed with the wartime Luftwaffe straight tail eagle on a pebbled central field, surrounded by a wreath. The buckle is of 1940 pattern, die stamped, steel construction, with a dark blue grey painted finish, which is still present on about 50% of the buckle exterior. The rest has worn off due to