Reichswehr or Dutch army belts.

[erichcraciun]

Hello:

I have a number of photos of Reserve and Ersatztruppen with a brown leather belt and plain latch-type buckle - not a 'Schnalle' like the Wehrmacht type. I always thought these were captured Dutch belts, but then in a period book about the Reichswehr I noticed very similar belts. Does anyone have any information?

Besten Dank

Erich Craciun

[Frentebro]

German Belts

Erich, if you mean belts with "frame"-type buckles, the Germans issued these extensively as Ersatz in WWI; no doubt many were reissued after the war.

[Kurt Doench]

Erich, if you do mean the "frame-type" buckle (like a Schnalle, but no prongs), this was the cavalry belt buckle in the old Imperial army, and became the first official Reichswehr belt buckle in 1919 for all troops - right up to 1925, when the familiar Reichswehr box buckle was introduced. But maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree and you mean something else entirely...
Greetings, Schleppfux

[erichcraciun]

Reichswehr or Dutch Army Belts

Hallo Schleppfux!

thank you for the reply. I believe that you are correct. I jsut have fotos of both types of 'frame' belt buckles and I imagine that they are the early Reichwehr frame type buckles - BUT the Dutch belts look very much the same!

Thank you,

Erich

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