Unmarked SS EM Buckle

[Richard T]

Greetings all,

Based on these 2 photos can anyone confirm this as real or not? If it has possibilities I may can get more photos. Thanks for any opinions.

Best regards,
Richard

[Richard T]

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[KC1]

I will let others who are stronger in the SS buckle field reply but IMHO it is one I would not purchase. I don't like the re-solder of the u-catch nor do I like the square like prongs.

[colt45s]

detail is not sharp & prongs look bad

[musketeer]

Could it be that the buckle corpus is magnetic?

[Ric Ferrari]

Hello Richard,

the SS buckle posted is a well known (by specialized collectors) original pre-RZM : it's named "fat eagle" for the very distinct bird.
It's made by nickel silvered.

Best

Ric

[musketeer]

I was confused over that "rusty" spot at the wing..

[Jean Pierre Redeuilh]

Same as this one. Many others were already posted in this forum since it is not a rare buckle. Whoever the maker was, he did produce a large quantity of those, attesting a well known one. Bob Hirtz was even able to get one marked O&C ges.gesch. and posted photos as well. This marking O&C ges. gesch. did not mean the buckle was made by Overhoff, did not mean it was "distributed / sold" by Overhoff, but just that Overhoff had the design patent.

[Jean Pierre Redeuilh]

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[Richard T]

Thanks all for your comments and help.

Best regards,
Richard