A friend at work gave me several buckles his father had brought back from WWII. While I don't question any of the buckles, I don't know anything about belts. One of the Heer buckles was complete with the belt. It may be perfectly okay, but somehow it looks too good to be 70 years old. Anyway I thought maybe you guys could help me out as this is somewhat out of my league. The only marking is the size.
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Larry what you have here is a 2 peice heer parade buckle with belt which looks in unissued minty condition, yes the belt is genuine later war type imo.....Regards Scott.Comment
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Larry no problem, you have a lovely conditioned set there........Regards Scott.Originally posted by Larry Lipps View Post
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Gentlemen. I have to say I do not like the stitching on the inside of this belt. The Germans had a habit of stamping the size into the leather at the end of the belt, NOT ink stamping it.
I am no expert on belts and this MAY be authentic but 2 red flags for me.
The German regulations call for the belt to be stitched and then the stitching to be hand hammered flat. Stitching as shown would not pass any inspector as it would IMMEDTATELY wear off and be destroyed.
A belt with this type of belt hook end is listed in German catalogs as the cheaper model. This may account for the other abnormalities... I don't know.
Describing it as late war does not justify such inferior construction. No other late war item I can think of in the leather line I have seen shows such shoddy craftsmanship.
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Jerry these belts werent used for combat only used for parades & light duties & i believe there genuine period belts as i,ve owned a few but not in this minty condition, everybody has there own thoughts on this stuff so no worries here my friend.....Regards Scott.Comment
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A friend at work gave me several buckles ...Well, you can't beat the price! One must not look a gift horse too closely in the mouth..
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Having the nice aluminum lightweight buckle, I would also subscribe to the parade belt theory.
More often as Jerry mentioned you see these "cheaper" belts used by para-military and HJ as it is not going to stand up to combat conditions.Comment
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