my opinion is an old buckle, when the buckle is made, we will never know.
my opinion is an old buckle, when the buckle is made, we will never know.
Hello,
in my opinion, this buckle is a cheap version of private purchase which had originally a silver washed medaillon instead of a nickel silver one, as shown on better quality buckles
You can also find two piece buckles with brass medaillons that had never been silver washed, i do not know the reason why, maybe also for a question of price of the item
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Hello,
in my opinion, this buckle is a cheap version of private purchase which had originally a silver washed medaillon instead of a nickel silver one, as shown on better quality buckles
You can also find two piece buckles with brass medaillons that had never been silver washed, i do not know the reason why, maybe also for a question of price of the item
Thoughts on this? Picked it up cheap thinking originally it was a two piece steel. The photos were deceiving. It's brass which has a layer of paint of some sort on it. You can see the bright yellow brass peaking out where the paint has chipped recently, whereas the rest of the exposed brass has significant patina. Looks too odd and brown to be any period paint job, am I right? Plus I've never heard of brass buckles getting field painted.
Thinking this one may need some help and tlc.
A bit of an oddity, however I do not believe it is unheard or nor inconceivable that a 2-piece brass Imperial might be field painted. I see no real reason to suspect the paint is not period although I suppose one can't be 100%. Personally, I would be quite content to leave as is.
Best,
Adam
Hello,
these 2 piece brass/nickel painted buckles were issued for a short period of time in late 1914, early 1915 before the introduction of the one piece steel pressed war version
For that reason, these transitional buckles are fairly rare and not very well known by the collectors
Furthermore, some of them are difficult to spot, as they can easily be confused with a steel 2 piece painted buckle if the paint is mint or nearly intact
The use of a magnet is a good manner of detecting if it is steel or brass
Does it look like the right paint color?
Hi, I don't see why it couldn't have been painted; but it's the first I've seen.
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