Buckles

[patrick99]

gentlemen,

Can you help me with the following.
I know the answers already, but would like your opinion.
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[patrick99]

The HEER and DRK 1 model looks OK to me.
Anyone with some comments?

[patrick99]

Nobody?

[Kurt Doench]

Patrick,

To recap what you say you already know:

Leaving the Wehrmacht-Heer buckle out of consideration as it is obviously a period piece, the small brass buckle with silver FFFF looks like Weimar/early TR and is very nice BTW, but all the other buckles are post war, including the Red Cross.

Best regards
Kurt

[Mainemilitaria]

Yes, aside from the Wehr., the two "Turnverein" buckles are certianly collectible as "types", we all know the "Penal Bn." buckle, and the other's would be "type" buckles (certianly postwar/modern even) but still of some interest (modest value, of course.) The Red Cross is also Postwar as Kurt
correctly stated.

Probably over-priced....most of "these" (the postwar ones) can be bought for
around $22.00 each new from German present day makers (any many others)
which doesn't include shipping and around $40.00 +/- on e-Bay.

The only 3rd Reich one(s) is the heavily worn painted steel Army and maybe the small Turnverein....but that too could be postwar. I might pay $100./150.00 for the lot and keep most of the odd postwar ones as "examples" of what they are,.....but not much more (and I like buckles!)! Just IMO....
John G.

[patrick99]

Thanks