Red Army/Partisan converted Heer buckle

[maxrsx]

Your opinions

[AmericanKraut]

This is just my opinion but the star looks to be in much better shape than the buckle and I dont think most Russians would be proud to wear a German buckle during the war. If the star was there for long it should show more wear unless it was done at the end of the war. I would wait for more advice tho. -Ben

[maxrsx]

Not wear with pride because belts did not suffice. The German belt also is convenient.

[Ben Evans]

Buckle is original, looks like the prongs and roller sleeve have been replaced at some point, as to the star no idea

[maxrsx]

prongs and roller sleeve have been not replaced. I have personally removed original Tab. The seller wanted much more expensively for the complete set therefore a Tab remained with it.

[lach470]

There are WAY too many fakes out there so I generally stay away from these. I don't know enough to say if this one is good or not - but that star does look quite new compared to the wear to the buckle.
By tab - do you mean the belt? The only way to remove tabs is to cut them off or unsew them - Once that is done, the tab is pretty much just a $5 piece of leather.

Rob

[maxrsx]

I have unpicked leather support tab. The buckle cost 25 euros with a tab 35 euros

[Ben Evans]

prongs and roller sleeve have been not replaced. I have personally removed original Tab. The seller wanted much more expensively for the complete set therefore a Tab remained with it.

I have never seen a aluminium Heer buckle with steel blunt prongs, always aluminium, so IMO at some point the prongs have been replaced, have a look through the M4 & Non M4 makers lists at all the Heer buckles and find me a aluminium Heer buckle with steel prongs!

[colt45]

looks fake imo

[maxrsx]

I saw much aluminium Heer buckle with steel prongs! I do not think that rearranged all of them