1935 tab buckle....what?

[Ron C.]

The tab says 1935 etc., but what is the buckle? Does it have any value? Also, what do the markings on the back of the belt it is attached to mean?

Thanks,
Ron

[yellow12]

Hello,

it's a DLV buckle .

The stamp on the belt is 8/1939 B.A. Fü. > Beschaffungs Amt Fürth >

procurement Office in country named Fürth .

This buckles are also worn by early Luftwaffe in 1936 . and later as RLB

1.Mod.

But IMO the tab not matching with this buckle from Assmann . However the owner hast it sewn on ?

[Ron C.]

Hello,

it's a DLV buckle .

The stamp on the belt is 8/1939 B.A. Fü. > Beschaffungs Amt Fürth >

procurement Office in country named Fürth .

This buckles are also worn by early Luftwaffe in 1936 . and later as RLB

1.Mod.

But IMO the tab not matching with this buckle from Assmann . However the owner hast it sewn on ?

Thanks. So does the belt not really belong with this buckle? I have no idea who the owner was, so I don't know if they sewed it on.....got it from a vet many years ago. He may have just put it on a belt he came across.....don't know.

Ron

[Guido L.]

No, the belt was worn most probably by RAD members, as B.A. ... is a typical RAD stamp.

The buckle together with its leather support tab is perfectly fine and I tend to say that it was worn in the early Luftwaffe. It is not unusual to see tabs on early Luftwaffe buckles marked by a saddler, so this explains perhaps the difference to the maker of the buckle.

Best,
Guido

[Verde]

Buckle

Nice buckle...V