Hi Forum, I have recently purchased a collection of several buckles, belts, and cross straps. All of the buckles have been removed from the belts and I am not sure what is going on. Can we start a library of photos where the picture includes both the belt and an identifying feature of the propper belt such as the clasp. Here are the belts I just purchased. Maybe we should pin this to the top for easy reference.
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Belt 1 Light brown belt with grey catch marked G A on catch.Last edited by D Funk; 04-15-2010, 04:57 PM. -
Belt 2 Light brown belt with gold wash or brass catch. Thinner leather and catch than belt #1.Last edited by D Funk; 04-15-2010, 04:59 PM.Comment
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D..Buckle 1 is a later belt hook. 1936 or so maybe later. Could be Police as Army used the same. This has remnants of green paint so my guess is Army.
Buckle 2 is WW1..much earlier.
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Belt #3 Black leather with steel catch marked RZM M4/22 I am assuming this is for Hitler Youth as the tag is still on the leather.Comment
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Belt #3 tagComment
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Belt #4 There are three of these. All black leather. The first is marked on the clasp 1940 with a steel clasp, The second has some numbers under the tongue but I cant make sense of them w/ a steel clasp, the third is marked under the tongue Erik Schuler Hamburg 1938 w/ an aluminum clasp.Last edited by D Funk; 04-15-2010, 05:15 PM.Comment
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Belt #5 There are two of these, Both are black leather with a thin steel clasp pinned on to it. There are no tongues on the clasp end of the belt.Comment
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Lastly there are two crossstraps of different styles the first is black and has a nickle buckle stitched into each end. The bickle is smooth as are the clips. The second is black and has a pebbled steel buckle with silver paint over it. The other end of the strap has a D-ring sewn onto it and 2 adjustment slits and a keeper pin for adjustment. Can you help?Last edited by D Funk; 04-15-2010, 05:21 PM.Comment
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Here is an aluminum Heer buckle and what I believe could be the right belt with an aluminum catch with the same paint.Comment
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Reverse of an aluminum Heer buckle and propper belt w/ aluminum catch. Can you guys post some examples of other types of belt/buckle combinations that you believe to be correct?Last edited by D Funk; 04-16-2010, 04:22 PM.Comment
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Hitler Youth w/ propper belt for steel buckle. Any idea what photo #8 belts are? Can you put a Luft buckle on the same belt as a Heer buckle? Would an SA belt be brown? What kind of clasp on SA belts?Last edited by D Funk; 04-20-2010, 03:05 PM.Comment
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