Molded or stamped?!?

[Guido L.]

David,

thanks for your response.

I'm with you by saying the buckle was produced by stamping. The sharp edged details on obverse support this indeed. Also the ears, the top and bottom of the buckle looked to be folded.

But look at the faint lines on the reverse. To all appearances they are comming from a floating process. Altogether the surface of the reverse give the impression to be produced by molding. Also the surface is a tad of uneven. This is not an attribut of a stamping process.
Maybe the buckle was reinforced with liquid metall after the stamping. But this is just a thought.

I have owned a similar buckle in worn condition for a while, but unfortunately I have taken no pictures from it. Maybe Kuligow/Michael can provide us with some detailed pictures from his superb buckle.

Regards,
Guido

[Sven Janke]

sorry for not having answered, i was offline for a couple of days.
thank you very much for all the information you gave about that kind of molded buckles.
what you have discussed is very interesting. i had another close look on the molded wehrmacht. the ears are not folded but already molded in that shape.
the reverse has lines that show the different parts of the molding box.
therefore i think that they where already molded with that nice and sharp detail and have not being stamped in that shape.

[pzrwest]

maker

Ges Gesch is not the name of a maker.... it is similar to our english words "pattend pending" the "1" could stand for pattern 1