A Rare Late War Brown Synthetic Belt; Rzm Marked Newly Listed Sir George Wyatt Truscott died

Sir George Wyatt Truscott died on April 16

maker mark of Paul Meybauer

had only recently been raised

first at the headquarters of Egyptian Group and then at the headquarters of RAF Middle East

and is commemorated on page 81 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance

A Rare Late War Brown Synthetic Belt; Rzm Marked Newly Listed Sir George Wyatt Truscott diedBelt fabricated from 3 mm thick brown synthetic material, very rigid, marked with the RZM (Reichszeugmeisterei) insignia and emboss stamped "Erlaubnis L2 _548_ Herstellung u. Lederzeug" on the underside near the left end, silvered metal receiving clip with a leather tab on the left end, the tab with a smooth finished brown upper and raw underside, both the clip and tab held firmly in place by two rivets, seven rows of two holes each for length