Wehrwolf

[Ric Ferrari]

Hello,

it's time I give my contribution to this amazing subject, for David's pleasure here is another example of the Wehrwolf variant already shown.

Btw, it could be an useful idea to put together all the variants posted in the past years : IMO this thread could be the right place, what about fellows ?

Best

Ric

Back side

[David North]

Ric

Perhaps the Jolly Roger is in all of us - metaphorically and not sexually that is ! The Totenkopf image is of course very emotive and there is perhaps a fine line between attraction and repulsion.

Personally, I think that this family of buckles is wonderful, however they are of course ultra rare. I agree that it would be a good idea to try and use this thread to collate some examples of the various Wehrwolf buckles.

Here is another one.

Regards,

David

[David North]

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[Guido L.]

Hi All!

I love these cool-looking chaps!

Here is another variant as shown in the Steinhauer & Lück catalogue.

Regards,

Guido

[Guido L.]

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[Jean Pierre Redeuilh]

shown in the Steinhauer & Lück catalogue.

Could you please tell me from which year this S&L catalogue is ?

[Marc verstraete]

Hello All,
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Unfortunately, as it happen many times, these catalogues are not dated….(not printing date nor publishing dates) and one only can guess the date appreciatively.
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I own two different ST&L publications with this buckle advertised.

-One with an SA buckle and a few left wing buckles. Deduction it must be before 1933 and probably before 1931 (SS buckle introduced in 1931)
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-One with an SA and SS buckle and NO left wing buckle. So probably 1933 as some versions of NSDAP buckles shown ( HJ , nsbo, FAD) where replaced after that year and all left wing organisations where off course forbidden….
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Marc

[Guido L.]

Could you please tell me from which year this S&L catalogue is ?

Sorry, no further informations available. My reference is the Catella book, wich shows these two from Marc described ST&L publications.

Regards,
Guido

[Jean Pierre Redeuilh]

Thank You Guido for the feedback! I knew Francis's did not have any other lead other than the obvious previously posted by Marc.
I thought you could have something of your own.
Thanks again.

[Ric Ferrari]

Marc,

since the thread started in November 2002, are you able to add other Wehrwolf variants ?

Thanks in advance

Ric

[buckle1]

Wehrwolf buckle

Here is my other Wehrwolf buckle. Guido, as you can see mine is a bit different then the one you show, and is missing the right eye but never the less a very rare variation.

Bill

[buckle1]

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[Ric Ferrari]

Here is my other Wehrwolf buckle. Guido, as you can see mine is a bit different then the one you show, but never the less a very rare variation.

Bill

Hello Bill,

thanks for your contribution to the thread subject, much appreciated.
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Referring to other comments not thread related, I believed the discussion closed (with JP's explanation) but it seems it doesn't : so please if someone else needs to continue I suggest to open a "new" thread.

Thanks in advance

Ric

[Guido L.]

Here is my other Wehrwolf buckle. Guido, as you can see mine is a bit different then the one you show, and is missing the right eye but never the less a very rare variation.

Bill

Thanks for showing, Bill. It is really nice to see another example of this type. I like your buckle because there is still much silvering on it.

It is the third one (incl. mine and another one from a German collector) that I have seen till now. Maybe interesting to note: All three buckles have different boxes!

Regards,
Guido

[Ric Ferrari]

Bill,

by the pic the shield bearing the death head emblem looks applied to the roundel, am I right ?
Is it the same for yours, Guido ?

Ric