Forestry Official Brocade belt and Buckle

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Roughly,55mm wide, 50mm tall, horizontally oval, stamped, two piece, burnished aluminum, belt buckle features a highly embossed oak-leaf wreath encompassing a right facing, political style eagle with out-stretched wings on a slightly domed, pebbled central field. Both eagle and wreath feature nice detailing. Reverse of buckle is flat and has a separate circular plate insert with crimped catch and retaining hook. Circular plate is secured by crimped outer edges of the buckles obverse. Retaining hook secures the open rectangular bar. Unmarked example. Buckle comes complete with a roughly 44mm wide silver/aluminum brocade belt with two 5mm wide, parallel, horizontal green stripes. Belt has two vertical keepers, one on either end, in the same brocade pattern as the belt. Reverse of belt has a protective green wool backing. The belt has it’s grey leather retaining tongue intact. The aluminum keeper is darker than the belt's so I'm assuming the buckle and keeper were added to an Army belt.