Opinion about overhoff ss belt buckle

[D. S.]

Hi,

please take a look on this zinc ss officer belt buckle made by overhoff and than please tell me two things.

Do you have any thoughts or comments about this buckle ?
Whats a fair price for such a piece these days ?

Thanks

[Ric Ferrari]

[QUOTE]

please take a look on this zinc ss officer belt buckle made by overhoff and than please tell me two things.

Do you have any thoughts or comments about this buckle ?
Whats a fair price for such a piece these days ?
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Hi,

your buckle is original IMO

Regards

Ric

[Marc verstraete]

The buckle is original.
A fair price...... Dificult these days.... SS buckles value has been going up constantly the last years, first it were the Officers,... now the EM's are going sky high....(over 500$ for anything with a slightly scarce marking !!!) and the offiecrs are going down.... At the show in Kassel, the "average" price for a "regular, used condition" officer was 550 €uro....( from 500€ to 650 € at regular dealers, NOT the few crazy ones with futuristic pricers!!)
Hope this helps.
Marc

[D. S.]

Thanks a lot for your answers.
The buckle is a ground dug which was found some years ago with some
other ss-items.

regards

[keifer kahn]

Is that keeper an afterthought?.All originals i have seen are curved.This looks quite flat.
Plus its missing the roll bar and prongs.

[Marc verstraete]

Thanks a lot for your answers.
The buckle is a ground dug which was found some years ago with some
other ss-items.

regards

Ground dug.... Wow... this is a very nice buckle to by a dug up item.

Marc

[keifer kahn]

Marc,
What do you think of the keeper?

The buckle itself looks fine but that keeper is a bit funky looking.

I assume thats been added,as even the finish doesent match the buckle body.

[D. S.]

Hi.

Sorry I forgot to say that the "keeper" was really added it only belonged to a leather belt, which was found next to the buckle.

[keifer kahn]

Hi,
Thanks for clarifying that.
I had no issues with the buckle body,but that keeper just didnt seem right.

[Marc verstraete]

The keeper is not belonging to the side of the buckle it is on but to the other side; it is a good zinc keeper who could be used on the leather officer belt with zinc SS buckle. Notice the cracks, they are characteristic of these productions, they are very fragile and this is one of the reasons the real sets (Belts and buckles) are so scarce.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o></o>
Marc