I just picked up this belt from Germany, but it’s a bit of a mystery to me. The colour is a very very deep brown (almost black depending on the light), although on the rear the leather is a more normal brown colour, suggesting that the belt might have been blackened?
It has no markings that I can discern apart from a ‘C’ on the belt itself just behind the buckle. Length is 105cm and width is about 42-43mm.
When I received it it had a very pungent odour (it was in Fundzustand) which it still retains slightly, though it is lessening. It clearly has plenty of use and age to it.
I was wondering if anybody might be able to tell me if this is wartime issue or not, and whether or not this is a Heer officers belt? This one has me confused…

Thanks in advance!
Jon