Help please - Buckle converted to brooch
Article about: My wife found this somewhere and bought it for me. I however do not know what it is. It looks like an old buckle that has been converted into a brooch. I cannot even place the origin of the
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Re: Help please - Buckle converted to brooch
Tom, it is a a buckle, but not IMO Imperial German ....however the fastner, pin/hinge and hook are of a German style, commonly seen on EK I (1920's/30's) and TR combat badges !.... I show an Imperial Kaiserliche Marine Officers buckle for comparison....
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Re: Help please - Buckle converted to brooch
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Tom, it is a a buckle, but not IMO Imperial German ....however the fastner, pin/hinge and hook are of a German style, commonly seen on EK I (1920's/30's) and TR combat badges !.... I show an Imperial Kaiserliche Marine Officers buckle for comparison....
I have a thing called a "Hate Bracelet" that is made from British sholder board pips - by the Germans. Maybe that is what this is. A German killed the man wearing this buckle and made a trophy out of it. Makes a nice story, anyway.
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Re: Help please - Buckle converted to brooch
Nice buckle.
I thought the item wasn't German, so maybe the idea of it being a war souvenir isn't that far off, hence the German hardware.
Tom
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