Need Help with some SS Buckles

[CaliforniaGigol]

Hi all.....I would really appreciate some help authenticating these items. I am not new to TR history, but very new to the collecting side of the house. It's already been quite an exciting endeavour. I also ask that you please supply me with some explanation of why something is real or not. I am very eager to learn the signs determining real items from fakes. Thanks in advance for the help!

Sorry for posting links......the pictures I took are way too large for the forum. I will resize my photos in future posts. Thanks again for the help.


WSS EM Buckles:


http://filebox.vt.edu/users/akalouf/...n/IMG_0676.jpg

http://filebox.vt.edu/users/akalouf/...n/IMG_0674.jpg

http://filebox.vt.edu/users/akalouf/...n/IMG_0677.jpg

http://filebox.vt.edu/users/akalouf/...n/IMG_0675.jpg

http://filebox.vt.edu/users/akalouf/...n/IMG_0680.jpg

http://filebox.vt.edu/users/akalouf/...n/IMG_0681.jpg

http://filebox.vt.edu/users/akalouf/...n/IMG_0692.jpg

http://filebox.vt.edu/users/akalouf/...n/IMG_0694.jpg


WSS Officers Buckles:


http://filebox.vt.edu/users/akalouf/...n/IMG_0682.jpg

http://filebox.vt.edu/users/akalouf/...n/IMG_0683.jpg

http://filebox.vt.edu/users/akalouf/...n/IMG_0684.jpg

http://filebox.vt.edu/users/akalouf/...n/IMG_0685.jpg

http://filebox.vt.edu/users/akalouf/...n/IMG_0686.jpg

http://filebox.vt.edu/users/akalouf/...n/IMG_0687.jpg

[Jean Pierre Redeuilh]

ALL fakes. Not a single original.

For the EM's, pay those great attention since they are all made with the exact same die design which never did exist before late 90's. The before last example is just a bit different (top eagle's head feather added in an attempt to improve similarity with an Overhoff production) but still based on the same wrong design. So learn to recognize this one and it will prevent you from buying another one similar, so a fake.

For the officer's, these are old fakes. Never buy any SS buckle (or any SS item I should rather say) marked with SS runes within a diamond.
That's all for now. Read past posts/threads and you will find many answers to your question.