Heinrich Arld buckle with Kriegsmarine Marking

[musketeer]

Hello,
I want to introduce my latest find:
An Alu buckle made by Heinrich Arld 1940.. not exciting...


but ther's one small marking on the leather tab, which makes this buckle unique .. A Kriegsmarine Eagle with a M..

so this buckle is used by Kriegsmarine artillery and infantry units.

I think, this buckle is in good condition and it's worth to be collected.

[G.J.B]

Hi Ingo:

That's a really nice hard to find buckle in very nice condition... A great addition to your collection.

Gary

[regiment739]

Nice collectable buckle Ingo late alu 1940 buckle and with KM markings, does not get better than that, good find mate

[regiment739]

PS I love the eagles on these Alu H Arld buckles

[p38]

very nice KM buckle

congrats

regards
Emmanuel

[Ssteve]

Very nice and interesting buckle with some nice markings !

Best,
Steve

[sturm33]

Great find! Congrats!!

Cheers

Heiko

[Guido L.]

Hi Ingo!

The condition of your buckle is really super!

Arld is a well known supplier of field grey aluminium KM buckles. I have also an example in my collection even though it is in a worse condition than yours.

I want to introduce at this point my steel buckle by Arld with KM control stamp and I think these chaps are also quite rare.

Best regards,
Guido

[Guido L.]

front view

[Guido L.]

reverse side

[Guido L.]

km control stamp on belt

[Guido L.]

There is something that makes me unhappy at the second sight , Ingo!

Your buckle shows the H.A. makers mark under the roller bar and to be honest I know these markings only together with 1937 dated tabs by Arld.
What do you think about that?

Regards,
Guido

[regiment739]

But the stitching looks good on the tab, cleaned at some point but in my eyes original from the pics provided, only Ingo has the buckle in hand to have a good look.

[lach470]

great looking buckle! Not easy to find at all! I like it!

Rob