Cheap/Rare/Desirable Buckles currently for sale on sites

[Adrian Stevenson]

This is one I bought today. Nice late war Heer with original paint in uncleaned condition.

It will be for sale in the morning on the forum .

[Ben Evans]

Ade the maker of the buckle is G H Osang

[avenger]

What a great thread! Thanks for doing this. I'm looking for a minty tabbed heer buckle, preferably early, but can be late war too. I'll keep an eye on this thread.

[Ben Evans]

What a great thread! Thanks for doing this. I'm looking for a minty tabbed heer buckle, preferably early, but can be late war too. I'll keep an eye on this thread.

Aluminium or steel?

[Ben Evans]

Here is a near mint Heer buckle in steel by J C Maedicke, not an easy maker buckle to find, just needs the bits of mud washing off

Army EM/NCO's Belt Buckle by Maedicke

[avenger]

I'm not terribly particular but aluminum seems like it would last longer. But, as long if it's steel, that's fine too so long as it's not rusting. I'd like to represent the buckle with a single mint example, so I'm prepared to be patient. There was a great one on a dealer site for $220 that I tried to get last week, but was just a bit too late. Such is the way of this hobby.

[Ben Evans]

A mint aluminium buckle is very very hard to find and if you can find one unless lucky you are looking at $800-1000

[avenger]

Ouch. Those tend to be the ones with the pebbled texture right? I saw one on WAF about a month or so ago for $275 that was perfect. I was broke at the time though, and didn't know much about these. There was a mint steel one too at the same time.

[Ben Evans]

Wow, $275 that is dirt cheap for aluminium if mint

[Adrian Stevenson]

My buckle is now listed here:

Heer belt buckle by Osang - Militaria Collectibles buy - sell at War Relics