Tropical buckle Kreigsmarine??

**G43** · 05-05-2013, 07:00 PM

Hello, I am curious as to why the inside of this buckle is painted gold? any thoughts?

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 05-05-2013 07:00 PM

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**Ben Evans** · 05-05-2013, 07:04 PM

They did this buckle as a gold KM buckle, is there any gold on the obverse of the buckle under the green paint? Its an original buckle just need to sort the paint out when it was done

**G43** · 05-05-2013, 07:06 PM

Thank you Ben. I can't see any paint other than the green on the obverse. The parts that have the green paint chipped off just expose the steel. So do you think this actually is a KM buckle?

**Ben Evans** · 05-05-2013, 07:08 PM

Without the buckle in hand hard to say really what is started life out as, nice buckle though

**G43** · 05-05-2013, 07:12 PM

Thanks Ben, either way I enjoy the item. I purchased it to go with a heer tropical feld bluse but it will have to do!

**kirby** · 05-09-2013, 12:42 AM

A very interesting buckle. It does look like it started off as a gold painted KM and who knows when the front was painted.

**G43** · 05-09-2013, 01:50 AM

Yes Kirby it is an interesting buckle. I am not an expert on buckles but I can't see any other reason why it would be gold. The buckle was purchased with a tropical belt which I also posted some time ago, so it is definitely a mystery!