Hamburg Fire dep. Buckles.

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Four buckles who where used by the Hamburg fire department.

Although not SS, these buckles are certainly worth collecting.

Marc

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1936 and 1941 dated tabs on these steel buckles. The top buckle has the classic emblem used by all fire dep. in Germany from the pré 1900’s until the introduction of the large swastika buckle painted black. This type of buckle will also be used after WWII.

The second buckle is the buckle used by the town of Hamburg and bears the town coat of arms

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Early pre 1900 buckle bearing the city’s coat of arms.

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Notice the “Hannover style” one point soldering on this buckle

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Transformed Weimar period buckle into a Hamburg fire dep buckle. Probably early / mid 30’s

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