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06-05-2013 10:06 PM
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Re: Imperial German Grey Steel Belt & Buckle, interesting sewing holes?
Hi Lenny, sorry but canot really help you with the markings, nice set though the stitching holes could be where siomething else was sewn on, maybe a bayonet frog?
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Re: Imperial German Grey Steel Belt & Buckle, interesting sewing holes?
Cheers Ben, yeah it's a weird one.. will need to trawl through my period photos I reckon...
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Re: Imperial German Grey Steel Belt & Buckle, interesting sewing holes?
Hello,
the marking on the leather belt "B.A. XIX" surely stands for Bekleidungs Amt (clothing depot) of the 19th Army Corps, which is a saxon corps with its headquarters in Leipzig
Thus, the original buckle matching the belt must have been a saxon one, not the prussian buckle shown on the picture
The belt was made by reusing another worn leather equipment, the traces of former stitching is very clear
Numerous equipments were reused in the german army at that time, such as P08 holsters made with former Reichsrevolver holsters, for example
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Re: Imperial German Grey Steel Belt & Buckle, interesting sewing holes?
Many many thanks for that, appreciated. Do you think I should seperate them and find a Saxon buckle for this belt? I know they have been together for about 20 years but who knows when they were put together, maybe war time, maybe later???
What do folk do in a situation like this???
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Re: Imperial German Grey Steel Belt & Buckle, interesting sewing holes?
Hi Lenny, yeah, I agree that it's possible the buckle could have been swapped over during the war. If it was reissued it could have quite easily happened.
Sadly I don't have any spare M95 Saxons to send you at the momentlol There have been quite a few nice unit marked M95 Saxons on eBay recently,
Cheers,
Richard.
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Re: Imperial German Grey Steel Belt & Buckle, interesting sewing holes?
This belt was originally a cavalry Säbelkoppel and as Herveparis indicates, was reworked at some point, having the attached sword strap removed and the keeper changed to the pattern for the box buckle. So, I don't find it out of the question, that upon repair it was reissued with a Prussian buckle. The original buckle would have been an open faced, brass mounted troops buckle anyway.
Regards,
CCMJR
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