I can only think it was a production mistake. It wouldn't make it very comfortable to wear!!
I can only think it was a production mistake. It wouldn't make it very comfortable to wear!!
Regarding the "Finnish" buckle in post #352, the catch is a well-known reproduction type.
Chip
if you have not seen such buckles it doesn't mean that it forgery. links to such reproduction or photo such buckles
The Finnish buckle catch- it looks to me to be the "C" type catch, which I think of as being earlier than the "brdge" type catch in German buckle styles. What did I miss that makes it a common fake?
I know my three or four finnish army buckles have a VERY different type catch, more of a "crank" shape. but, I am not sure that a "c" would be out of the range of possiblities. What I can't see is the prongs, on my computer, which is not a great detailed screen, they look like a modern cut. But, this may be jsut my old eyes!
jagdhorn But, saying that, if I had a chance to get this buckle, I would.
The prongs are sliced off with some cutting device. The angle of the cut prongs is the same on all of these buckles. I haven't seen this medallion on this type of buckle, but I have seen the catch many times.
Chip
I bought it in scandinavia on the medallion emblem of the city turku.I guess maybe made handicraft during the short Finnish civil war 1917. Therefore deficiencies in manufacturing. i would like to see an image of similar buckles.
Richard, the buckle arrived today and you can clearly see the line where the ears had been bent. Someone decided to straighten them at some stage, maybe a masochist.
Tom
Hi Tom, very odd It can't have been comfortable to wear; but I have seen others like this, Cheers, Richard.
New one arrived today. A Wurttemburg Buckle with belt.
Tom
Very nice buckle & belt set
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