Imperial Austrian Belt Buckles

[Georg]

I have two Austrian Belt Buckles in my collection, one is steel (#1) and one is brass (#2). They are similar but not the same (check the crest and the crown). I can’t find much information on these buckles- a lot on Imperial Germany, but not on Imperial Austrian. Do they look ok to you guys; are they both from the same period?

[Georg]

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[Georg]

Since I didn't get any response to this posting, I took them to a local show, and a guy said that they look OK, and that they are both WW1 and that that the brass one is an officer belt buckle, dose that sound right?

[shinyemon]

Hello there,
Unfortunately, many well-made copies/fakes of these buckles are on the market, including the ones with removable eagles. Your brass buckle looks to be original, but the steel one is probably a copy. Original steel buckles had green paint on them.
Regards.

[Reibert]

here´s an original-one:

[nobody]

Georg! your No 1 buckle is a fake (produced in hungary, novadays)
but the other one is very nice.