Maurer Police Belt Buckle. Real or fake?

[ADent]

Hello, first time posting (sorry if in wrong thread), I have a belt buckle here the authenticity of which I am dubious. I have been snooping around on the forum but could not definitively decide. In particular the circular mark on the back of the buckle is something I have not seen elsewhere, what do you think?



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[weller]

Hello ADent, and welcome to the Forum. Your buckle is a very nice, original Mauer buckle. The stamping = JMO ( Julius Maurer, Oberstein) on the back of the buckle is an additional maker mark. Here is a thread you can review with an JMO buckle I have, and another thread with a buckle more like yours:

Gendarmerie Polizei Buckle - JMO 1941

Police by Julius Maurer

[kirby]

I would buy it in a heartbeat at the right price.

[ADent]

Hi weller,
Thanks for the fast response. I saw your belt (it's a real beauty) while doing some research. Any idea what it'd be worth? I am not selling it, it is part of a museum collection and I'd like to know for our own records.

Thanks

[weller]

Hi weller,
Thanks for the fast response. I saw your belt (it's a real beauty) while doing some research. Any idea what it'd be worth? I am not selling it, it is part of a museum collection and I'd like to know for our own records.

Thanks

Hard to say on value; prices are so different depending on where you purchase...price range $175-200 USD (+) or (-) $25.

[ADent]

Hard to say on value; prices are so different depending on where you purchase...price range $175-200 USD (+) or (-) $25.

Thanks, it's always a relief to verify artifacts are real (we just tossed a bunch of fake ghetto/concentration camp armbands) and I really did not want to have to bin such a nice buckle lol

[Ben Evans]

Hello and welcome, a very nice buckle in very good condition. These JMO buckles are faked but yous is a nice original

[Ben Evans]

Here in another for reference

[weller]

Hello and welcome, a very nice buckle in very good condition. These JMO buckles are faked but yous is a nice original

Sure enough, post #7 in the fakes thread is a JMO...

[ADent]

Thanks for all the help guys, what a great and helpful community there is here!