Late war green JFS buckle

[ivanjoaquin]

I have two blue JFS Heer buckles in my collection but at last I got a late green one without leather tab

[Gwar]

Looks almost un-issued or very little use !!

[Ben Evans]

Nice buckle Ivan, and in very good condition, also you dont see many green ones around

[yellow12]

Hello,

why late ? Can also be a 1940-42 buckle with missing tab ..........

But a nice unworn one ..............

[ivanjoaquin]

Hello,

why late ? Can also be a 1940-42 buckle with missing tab ..........

Markus, you could be right, but two questions:
-The buckles with tab usually but not always have the post sleeve unpainted
-But against this, it it usual that the late war blue JFS Heer blue buckles are the chest feathers more faded than the early JFS buckles possibily due to die wear.
This buckle could be a early JFS buckle with painted post sleeve and missing tab but I think that this buckle is in very good condition for losing your tab, could be an intermediate buckle previous to blue ones?, who knows?