Bakelite buckle Wehrmacht

[Dimas]

Anyone saw it?

[85ronnies]

Dimas is that bakelite it's made of, never seen one of them before,
love it

[Dimas]

Yes, I know, I'am just forgot that word

[Ben Evans]

Well Dimas for me as a Heer collector (or ex collector) this would be the Holy Grail of buckles, I wish more was known about them

[JPhilip]

Hello,
It is the only known example in the world.
As there's no official text related to this bakelite buckle, impossible to say if it was a useless prototype or a Probe, ready for mass production. Beyond its rarity, i dare to say that eagle is one of the ugliest TR bird i have ever seen...looks like a pheasant...

[Pierre N]

DIMAS ! you have a pic of the back

[JPhilip]

Here it is Pierre...
thanks

[appie]

Never ever seen this before! Must be an early one as bakelite was expensive.

[JPhilip]

It is a late war buckle...not early

[Dimas]

Agreed, Aluminium is more expencive, the backelite is the same as the rubber, but contains more sulphur...