Buckle info

[Banzi64]

I was curious what type of catch would have been on this early buckle in nickle silver it had soe huge hunk of metal soldered where the original catch was I removed the dime size pieces of solder nd I'm going to use an original catch. This buckle is marked R000

[John T]

The buckle you have is not nickle silver, but rather steel that has had its finish stripped--- that has either been highly polished to give the appearance of nickel or has been plated...RODO only made pieces during the war and none were nickle silver....and they are notorious for not holding their green painted finishes.

[Banzi64]

Can you show me the catch it takes?

[John T]

There you go:

[John T]

Detail:

[Banzi64]

That's what I needed thanks

[John T]

That's what I needed thanks

Anytime...glad I could help.

[Sergey]

I am agree it is an original RODO steel buckle, but it was nickel plated.

[Luca Ongaro]

An original buckle. I like it