M4 Makers

[Ben Evans]

Hi guys, I am going to list all the M4 makers numbers, if you have any of these makers please post them on this thread so we can see examples of different makers. If you see a name highlighted this shows there is an example posted within this thread. I will try and build up a good database of the M4 maker buckles for example and comparison


BUCKLES FROM 9TH MARCH 1935 TO 31 DEC 1935

M4/1 Ferdinand Hoffstätter, Bonn
M4/2 M. Winter, München
M4/3 Kallenbach, Meyer & Franke, Luckenwalde
M4/4 Gustav Emil Ficker, Beierfeld
M4/5 Leistner & Co., Lüdenscheid
M4/6 C. & W. Meindel-Scholer, Klingenthal
M4/7 Hermann Sprenger, Iserlohn
M4/8 Rudolf Wachtler & lange Mittweida
M4/9 Albert Winges, Trusen
M4/10 Bernhard Haarmann, Lüdenscheid
M4/11 August Enders AG, Ludenscheid
M4/12 Mathias Kutsch, Attendorn
M4/13 Paul Schuhmacher, Lüdenscheid
M4/14 Otto Fechler, Bernsbach
M4/15 Paul Meybauer, Berlin
M4/16 Robert Tummler, Dobeln
M4/17 Ernst Meissner, Hohenlimburg
M4/18 Julius Bauer & Söhne, Zella-Mehlis
M4/19 Ernst Schneider, Lüdenscheid
M4/20 Hillenbrand & Broer, Ludenscheid
M4/21 Hans Schonfelder, Mittweida
M4/22 Christian Theodor Dicke, Ludensheid
M4/23 Franke & Co., Lüdenscheid
M4/24 Friedrich Linden, Lüdenscheid
M4/25 Noelle & Huck, Lüdenscheid
M4/26 Offenberg-Engels, Iserlohn
M4/27 Overhoff & Cie, Lüdenscheid
M4/28 Paulmann & Crone, Lüdenscheid
M4/29 K. E Brahm, Fürth
M4/30 Berg & Nolte, Lüdenscheid
M4/31 Max Haufe, Grossrohrsdorf
M4/32 Gebrüder Hahne, Lüdenscheid
M4/33 J. D. von Hagen G.m.b.H., Iserlohn
M4/34 Nordwall & Welschehold, Dransfeld & Co, Menden
M4/35 Moeller & Schröder, Offenbach
M4/36 Knopffabrik von Hofe & Co., Lüdenscheid
M4/37 Stefan Merkl, Nürnberg
M4/38 Richard Sieper & Söhne, Lüdenscheid
M4/39 F W. Assmann & Söhne, Lüdenscheid
M4/40 Giesse & Schmidt, Ruhla
M4/41 Schmal & Schulz, Wuppertal-Barmen
M4/42 Hermann Aurich, Dresden
M4/43 R. A. Erbe, Schmalkalden
M4/44 Paul Cramer & Co., Lüdenscheid
M4/45 Cramer & Dombach, Lüdenscheid
M4/46 Wilhelm Schroder & Co., Lüdenscheid
M4/47 Ebberg & Co., Lüdenscheid

BUCKLES FROM 01ST JANUARY 1936 TO 31ST DECEMBER 1936

M4/48 P C Turck Wwe, Ludenscheid
M4/49 Steinhauer & Luck, Lüdenscheid
M4/50 Willi Thuy, Lüdenscheid
M4/51 Homer & Dittermann, Wuppertal-Bannen
M4/52 Linden & Funke G.m.b.H., Iserlohn
M4/53 Zieh-Press-und Stanzwerk G.m.b.H., Zwintschona
M4/54 Wilhelm Annetsberger, München
M4/55 Julius Kremp, Lüdenscheid
M4/56 Friedrich Keller, Oberstein
M4/57 Julius Maurer, Oberstein
M4/58 Wilhelm Deus, Solingen
M4/59 Adolf Baumeister, Lüdenscheid
M4/60 Gustav Brehmer, Markneukirchen
M4/61 Julius Dinnebier, Lüdenscheid
M4/62 Arld Heinrich, Nürnberg
M4/63 Werner Redo, Saarlautern
M4/64 Otto Geiger, Lüdenscheid

BUCKLES FROM 01ST JANUARY 1937 TO 31 DECEMBER 1937

M4/65 Georg Bonitz, Schwarzenberg
M4/66 Stimming & Venzlaff, Altenburg
M4/67 Emil Juttner, Lüdenscheid
M4/68 Norddeutsches Nickel-und Silberwaren G.m.b.H., Hamburg
M4/69 Meyer & Wilhelm, Stuttgart
M4/70 Kugel & Fink, Lüdenscheid
M4/71 Lehmann & Wundenberg, Hannover
M4/72 Wilhelm Deumer, Lüdenscheid
M4/73 Lohmann & Welschehold, Meinerzhagen
M4/74 Wilhelm Geiger G.m.b.H.; Lüdenscheid
M4/75 Walter Demmer, Lüdenscheid
M4/76 Petz & Koch, Unterreichenbach
M4/77 Gebrüder Gloerfeld, Lüdenscheid
M4/78 E K. Vogelsang & Co., Lüdenscheid
M4/79 Hillenbrand & Bröer, Lüdenscheid

BUCKLES FROM 01ST JANUARY 1938 TO 31 DECEMBER 1938

M4/80 Lind & Meyrer, Oberstein
M4/81 Inhaber Frau Johanna Kaukal, Wien
M4/82 List & Hertl, Wien
M4/83 (unknown as yet)
M4/84 Grossmann & Co., Wien
M4/85 Friedrich Bibus & Sohn, Mahrisch-Trubau
M4/86 Sohni, Heubach & Co., Oberstein
M4/87 Matthias Salcher & Söhne, Wagstadt
M4/88 August Hieke, Tyssa bei Bodenbach
M4/89 Reichelmann & Co, Tellnitz bei Aussig
M4/90 Adolf Grohmann & Sohn, Wurbenthal
M4/91 (unknown as yet)
M4/92 Heinrich Ulbrichts Witwe, Wien
M4/93 Lenkwerk Brüder Schneider, Wien
M4/94 Raimond Moser, Wien
M4/95 Franz Weinrank, Wien
M4/96 Eans Pacher, Wien
M4/97 Friedrich Orth, Wien
M4/98 Franz Petzl, Wien
M4/99 Franke & Sohn, Heidenreichenstein
M4/100 Rudolf Menschiga, Wien
M4/101 Dominik Schönbaumsfelds & Sohn, Wien
M4/102 Wilhelm Prym, Wien
M4/103 Rudolf Schanes, Wien
M4/104 Philipp Turka, Wien
M4/105 Argentorwerk Rust Hetzel, Wien
M4/106 Maria Schenkl, Wien

BUCKLES FROM 01ST JANUARY 1939 TO 1944

M4/107 Frank & Reif Stuttgart
M4/108 Adalbert Kanngieser, Wien
M4/109 Rudolf & Karl Kraus, Solingen
M4/110 Josef Felix & Söhne, Gablonz
M4/111 Rudolf Reich, Danzig, entry 1939 lost license 1941 (TBC)
M4/112 Robert Thiel, Danzig
M4/113 (unknown as yet)
M4/114 Otto Honsel, Werdohl
M4/115 Klein & Quenzer, Idar-Oberstein
M4/116 CamiIl Bergmann & Co., Gablonz
M4/117 W. Aurich, Leipe
M4/118 Werner Redo Saarlautern (reissued)
M4/119 Eugen Schmiedhäusler, Pforzheim
M4/120 Karl Hensler, Pforzheim
M4/121 (unknown as yet)

[Ben Evans]

Aluminium Heer Buckle by Adolf Baumeister Ludensheid dated 1939

Aluminium Heer Buckle by Adolf Baumeister Ludensheid dated 1937

Steel HJ buckle by M4 59 Adolf Baumeister, Lüdenscheid (Pictures Courtesy of Chad Williams collection)

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Aluminium Heer Buckle by Wilhelm Deumer, Ludensheid dated 1937

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Aluminium Heer buckle by Steinhauer & Luck, Ludensheid

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Steel Heer buckle by Overhoff & Cie Ludensheid dated 1940

Steel unmarked Heer buckle by Overhoff & Cie

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Aluminium Heer buckle by Sohni Heubach & Co, Oberstein dated 1940

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Aluminium Heer buckle by Julius Maurer, Oberpflaz_Nah (Oberstein) dated 1937

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Aluminium Heer buckle by Friedrich Keller, Oberstein

Aluminium Heer buckle by Friedrich Keller, Oberstein dated 1936

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Aluminium Heer buckle by Friedrich Linden, Lüdenscheid dated 1938

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Aluminium Heer buckle by Dr Franke & Co., Lüdenscheid dated 1940

Steel Heer buckle by Dr Franke & Co., Lüdenscheid dated 1941