2 Luft buckles

[Military Trader]

I was comparing these two luftwaffe buckles and noticed how different the detail was. I was wondering if one wasn't a fake. Buckle number 1 has a tab dated 1942 but the eagle's beak looks elongated compared to buckle no. 2, a marked assman without a tab. Also buckle no. 2 has a very pronounced pebbling which is very visible fron the reverse. Buckle no. 1 has pebbling but not near so much. Is this just a difference in makers or is one bad?

[Military Trader]

Buckle no. 1 reverse

[Military Trader]

Tab of buckle no. 1

[Military Trader]

Buckle no. 2

[Military Trader]

Reverse of no. 2

[David North]

Dennis

Good news and bad news actually.

The 1942 Bernhard Haarmann is quite original and a rather desirable W-LW buckle.

The one however masquerading as an Assmann, is a thankfully well known and documented fake.

Regards,

David

[Military Trader]

Thanks. I'll remove it from my collection.

[David North]

Dennis

May I suggest that you/we, obtain a "second opinion"

Regards,

David

[Military Trader]

I'm always open for more opinions.

[Gene]

For what it's worth, I concur with David

[Michael Kuligowski]

yup - Dave is on the money here - second buckle is a fake..

[Military Trader]

Thanks. With that many opinions I'll consider it fake. Thanks to all

[musketeer]

Maybe that the Photo don't give back the right colour but both buckles seems to have the same colour..
Maybe that I'm wrong, but the B Haarmann buckles looks like repainted. You can see also a bit of blue Colour on the leather tab.

[Military Trader]

I'll take a closer look -- thanks