Help with buckles: RAD and Luftwaffe

[Salonete]

Hello can you help me on this ones? I was looking and didnt find any sort of manufacturers or maker marks on this 1936 belt buckles list.

One of them has N&H 36 (Noelle & Heuck) I think but on M4 table is M4/25

Other has BH i Think
please Can help evaluating it ? Good or fakes


BEst Regardes and thanks for helping

[Salonete]

Sorry for guidance
Photo 1 - 2 - 10 same buckle N&H 36
Photo 3 - 8 same buckle BH (have to take better photo of marking)
Photo 4 - 11 Same buckle
Photo 5 -7 Same Buckle
Photo 6 - 9 Same buckle

[Ben Evans]

Buckles are original but in bad condition and denazified, the N&H is Noelle & Hueck can you take better pics of the BH markings please?

[Salonete]

Ok Thanks Ben, i will try to get better pics of the BH belt buckle.
tell me something this example the buckle only have this mark N&H 36 i know the manufacturer but how can i match it with Manufacturers code?
M4 for buckles is M4/25 it that how it makes?
Thanks a lot
SM

[David North]

Dear SM

The RAD was not subject to the scrutiny of the RZM and instead, they had their own dedicated quality control system. Having said that, RZM licensed companies manufactured RAD buckles. The 36 on your N u H RAD buckle represents the date (1936) of manufacture.

Regards,

David

[Salonete]

Thanks Dan,
But do you know any documentation of their own dedicated quality control system? I have been looking but didnt find nothing yet
The other buckle is Bh marking and iam trying to see whos manufacturer is

Thanks
SM

[Salonete]

Hello Ben i have uploaded the Photo with Bh mark but this one doesnt have year.
This BH =Bernhard Haarmann Ludenscheid?
Is there any documentation about manufacturers of RAD belt buckles?

Thanks
SM

[yellow12]

Hello,

B.H. > it can be a early Bernhard Haarmann Lüdenscheid > M4/10

[Salonete]

thanks yellow
iam looking for documentation about that

[Ben Evans]

Nice early RAD by Harmann, you do not see many of these knocking around to be honest, I have only ever seen a handful