SA buckle

[yellow12]

Hello,

today arrived this SA buckle.

IMO a rar bird with nice patina :

[klr]

Great looking buckle. I don’t recall ever seeing this eagle. Great detail to the head and wing. Love to add it to my collection.[emoji106]


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[ivanjoaquin]

Strange SA buckle, I have never see an eagle like this one

[Freiwillige]

nice Eagle

it 's a pleasure to see a Nice Eagle

[dan52]

SA Buckle

Great looking buckle!
I, too, have never come across an example of this type; although I did see a photo of one several years ago on another forum. Congratulations on your find.

[klr]

Your buckle reminded me of this buckle. Looks more worn and it was painted silver when I got it. That might be hiding some detail.


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[yellow12]

Your buckle reminded me of this buckle. Looks more worn and it was painted silver when I got it. That might be hiding some detail.


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Hello,

exactly , i remembered that buckle from your collection as i bought this .

[klr]

Had to pull up my photos and do a side by side. I didn’t think I had seen the eagle before but that was because of the detail on your bird. I will have to look at the old thread.


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[Guido L.]

These buckles are looking very strange and to be honest, I am not 100% convinced that they are pre 1945 made.

On the other hand all details are pretty okay and I have no reservations with patina, solder spots and so on - just unworn pieces. But it would be interesting to see worn examples or other clear indications wich let us think that this is a contemporary production. How do other collectors think?

I want the originality to be true and if so you have there the cherry of the cake!

[klr]

I’ve owned my example 25 to 30 years so it’s nothing new to the market. I think my example is worn but the dull silver finish covered lots of details. I wasn’t 100% sure on this buckle but I did post it and I recall David North liked the buckle and talked about the cottage industry with buckles. I went from being iffy on the buckle to thinking it is original after his opinion.


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