Imperial Buckles both German and Austrian

[kaiserwilhelm2]

15

[kaiserwilhelm2]

16

[ROBB]

A very fine collection of Buckles and Tabs , I especially like the Hessian . Rob

[Chip M]

All are nice. Alan is the expert here, he has one of the best collections of buckles I know of. Of course, Bolle and many others collect buckles and have fine collections. It's a popular hobby.

My only negative observation is that the tab on the Bavarian steel buckle has been either replaced or at least resewn.

Chip

[bolle2]

Nice buckles , agree with Chip the bavarian tab was resewn

[C. Roelens]

Well done.

Chuck

[ccj]

Very nice selection of buckles. I too like the Hesse buckle PLUS the officer ones.

[o.r.k.]

Nice buckles- I also have quite a few and starting collecting with imperials. Actually most aren´t hard to find. Weitze has a large selection, then another forum guy has the page `das koppelschloss´selling imperials and on ebay you can also find quite a few nice originals (unfortunately mixed in a wide spectrum of copies)

[kaiserwilhelm2]

Actually most aren´t hard to find.

Try collecting these with tabs - you will find these are not so easy to find.

[bolle2]

Try collecting these with tabs - you will find these are not so easy to find.

Agree with Tabs and in good condition not easy

[ww1czechlegion]

You've acquired some very nice buckles Tom, congratulations!

I recognize that Hessian M15 with the maker marked tab, and that Saxon M15 with the tab.

The ones with tabs are certainly harder to find, and don't turn up with any frequency. I still don't have a Hessian M95 with a leather tab.

by member o.r.k.:
Actually most aren´t hard to find. Weitze has a large selection, then another forum guy has the page `das koppelschloss´selling imperials and on ebay you can also find quite a few nice originals (unfortunately mixed in a wide spectrum of copies)

Some are actually very hard to find, and don't turn up for years. And finding ones with leather tabs is very difficult, especially with the Hessian, Wurttemburg, Saxon Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Mecklenburg-Strelitz, as well as the Naval/Colonial/Schutzentruppe examples.

I collect maker marked M95's & M15's, and variations, and they haven't been coming available like they used to.

Thanks again for posting them Tom, it's great to see what you're finding!

Best Regards,

Alan