Luft

[Oleg]

Hi everybody! What do you think about this?

[PaulR]

Hello,

The photo is so large that it is not coming in on my computer... I would love to see it though

Paul Reck

[Gene]

Oleg,

Please resize your photo, it's taking way too long to load. From the fraction of the buckle I DID see (the top of the buckle and the leather tab) it looks like a nice one!

Gene

[Wood]

<TABLE style="WIDTH: 308pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=410 border=0 x:str><COLGROUP><COL style="WIDTH: 308pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 14994" width=410><TBODY><TR style="HEIGHT: 8.25pt" height=11><TD class=xl24 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 308pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 8.25pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" width=410 height=11>A very nice condition buckle.
Buckle stamped " Dr. F & Co." and the stamp in the oval on the leather
probably reads "Dr. Franke & Co. K. G. Ludenscheid" Mine is an Army buckle.
Regards,
Pete
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[Oleg]

The size was not large. Only 98k. Infortunately, domain didn't well work. But I now reduced size. Please, look at!

[Vlad]

Hello all.

Could on original bucklesthe ends of needles be cut off only on the one hand?

They should be processed from all over sides isn't it?
And the bend of ears not proportional. I doubt that it is original.

[andy1230_13]

It looks like a good one to me.Nice NCO.

[David North]

Luftwaffe E M

How odd.

I am no expert on Wehrmacht buckles, however this one looks like a reasonably new circulation fake.

The classic 45 degrees and opposing claws with also, the score under the r in Dr being to the right, rather than under the r proper.

Regards,

David

[Bill Grist]

It looks good to me.. I have several of them..WFG

[buckle1]

This a fake buckle. The easiest clue on this one is-Again- the angled cut prong bars, not to mention a number of other red flags. I hope the repliers to this thread will take note of this as it has been a major discussion item on this forum for years.


Bill

[Marc verstraete]

This a fake buckle. The easiest clue on this one is-Again- the angled cut prong bars, not to mention a number of other red flags. I hope the repliers to this thread will take note of this as it has been a major discussion item on this forum for years.


Bill

Corect Bill, fake buckle with real tab. Nice patina and will fool any beginner!!

Marc

PS, Bill: Did you get my package??

[buckle1]

Marc,



Thanks for the back-up on this and yes I did get the package. Need help on a buckle ID please get in touch when you get time.



Bill

[Sergey]

Fake

Oleg, On my sight 100 % fake buckle even without handle. I have seen the same luft and army variations and I think might be others......

[Oleg]

OK, Thanks all!