RAD Brahm-Fürth - 1938

[weller]

This near mint RAD buckle arrived today. K.E. Brahm which is very scarce maker. Buckle still has much of the paint especially on the backside and the leather tab is in excellent condition. Checking around seems 'Furth I/Bay.' is abbreviation for 'Furth Im Bayern', so a Bavarian manufactured buckle.

[Ben Evans]

Nice buckle Jeff and very rare, is it marked on the buckle at all?

[weller]

Thanks Ben, no markings or stamps anywhere on the buckle itself.

[Gwar]

Pretty sure I have seen one of these before, somewhere ??.... Great find Jeff !!

[Combat Boots]

Absolutely a beauty! Bob

[MAP]

Even a non buckle geek like me can appreciate a beauty like this. Great pick up!

[Gwar]

A very nice and in mint state buckle. I was hopeful that there were more examples out there waiting to be found. As far as my knowledge goes, there are only 3, Marcus ( Yellow 12 ) yours and mine..
The similarities are consistent with the known examples.. All in all a better deep stamping on the tab.. Congrats !!

[David North]

Stunning RAD buckles by K. Fr. Brahm, Fürth. An old and well established company who I think are still today working in Nürnberg, with Fürth of course, being to the north west of Nürnberg proper.

Interesting to note that the buckle reverse is devoid of any markings, which is very unusual for a RAD buckle, although not unheard of and with K. Fr. Brahm not being the sole culprit.

The possibility and I emphasise that this is only an unsubstantiated possibly, that the buckle was not manufactured by K. Fr. Brahm and instead, bought in as a generic from goodness knows who. Accordingly finished off by K. Fr. Brahm by the addition of their company specific marked leather tongue. The possibility may of course be strongly argued against, as for those companies who manufactured RAD buckles, they supplied directly to the RAD and I assume within a legally binding contract of some sort.

Regards and best wishes,

David

[Wewelsburg]

You are starting this year very strong! Zep ended 2016 with a superb one and you are starting 2017 with a superb...
Great to see and the buckle has wonderful paint.

So, if they still are in business I will try to order myself a buckle

[weller]

Thanks guys . The only other K.E. Brahm - Furth buckles I know of are Heer. Here is my 1938 Heer example. These Heer examples are also not so common, though I've seen a few of these around for sale. Overall, the RAD is a much rarer example.