SA/NSKK by Overhoff?

[David North]

I know that we have all discussed in the past, the general lack of significance towards the specific and most varied designs found by SA/NSKK buckles. There are of course exceptions, although I am confident that the general concensus is that the wide banding of designs was merely a marketing or sales ploy, by the heavily competing makers.

Attached are 3 buckles, all showing the same basic design and with the common thread being the distinct configuration of the eagle, the sunwheel swastika and the dished reverse of the buckle box.

A trait or finger print for Overhoff?

Any comments and other images welcome.

Attached is another dished back SA with a totally different obverse design.

Regards,

David

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[Kevin Rea]

Hello all,
It is rather frustrating that SA buckles were rarely marked.
The dished-back style with cup catch was made to limit dents to the emblem on the front and eliminate having to braze the catch. This style was first made during WWI in both brass and steel by the firms H. Aurich; G.H. Osang; Wimmer & Lewy; and H.E. Peucker, all from the state of Sachsen. Aurich and Osang continued to make buckles during WWII. Overhoff also made this style. There were possibly others as well but those are the only markings I have seen on dished-back buckles from either period.
Maybe someone else could add some names to the list.
Regards,
Kevin

[David North]

SA - NSKK - Overhoff

Kevin

The first three buckles depicting the distinct eagle style with narrow and somewhat thin wings, together with a sunwheel swastika.

Are you aware of this design in two pieces, without the dished reverse?

Regards,

David