A very period de-nazified buckle

[Simon O.]

Thought this might be of interest to you buckle collectors.

I found this whilst out walking the dog on new year's eve, it had eroded out of an enbankment and comes from an area that held surrendered German troops in 1945.

It's seems to have been almost double de-nazified, the hole is definitely cut and isn't corrosion, then there's the 4 nail holes that have been hammered into it in a lopsided rectangle as marked by the red dots, as if the owner had fixed some sort of plate over the offending eagle and swas.

[PHILBROWN]

all i find walking the dogs are land mines who knows what it saw, its any ones guess, maybe he had his rank, status in work or position put over it, ?????what did it used to be ?heer? nice find though ,bet you were well chuffed

[Simon O.]

It's the standard 'gott mit uns' Heer buckle. Who knows, maybe the guy really hated the nazis

[Bjørn]

The hole reminds me of a bullet hole. Perhaps someone just nailed it to a tree, and used it for target practice? (and shot bullseye)
Nice find, btw :-)
Björn