Tropical luftwaffe buckle for review

[Tommy1983]

Hi guys,

You like this tropical painted luftwaffe bucklz?

Cheers
Tom

[Gwar]

Nice buckle by Hermann Aurich, Dresden, it is maker marked, and the tell tale sign was the feet on the catch, on a side note, Tropical buckles usually have a web tab..

[Tommy1983]

Thanks Gwar for the info.

Looks the tropical paintjob original?

Cheers
Tom

[Ben Evans]

As stated original buckle by Aurich, as to the paint if you look closely at the pics I think I can see the original blue where the buckle is worn. More detailed pics would be good

[sarahs]

Hi guys,

You like this tropical painted luftwaffe bucklz?

Cheers
Tom

I certainly would not pay £1250 for this, that is for sure. I thought I recognised this buckle. If you can get better pics from the dealer, that would be great... as Ben has already said concerning the paint....

[Tommy1983]

Hi, what is the value of such a buckle?
£ 850?

Tom

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As stated original buckle by Aurich, as to the paint if you look closely at the pics I think I can see the original blue where the buckle is worn. More detailed pics would be good

Hi Ben, blue under the tan paint is red flag I assume?
Tom

[Tommy1983]

Hi Ben, I asked extra pictures. I got info that some were painted tan in the factory, others were repainted tan during the war. So it should not be automatically a problem if there is blue paint under the tan paint?

[Ben Evans]

Tommy depends what you want, the factory painted buckles fetch the the money, overpainted ones are the less desirable but still very collectable, the question is also if its a blue overspray was it done period? For not worth paying out a lot of money for something you are not sure of its originality (the paint that is)

[Tommy1983]

Hi Ben, what is your opinion after seeing this pictures?
Cheers

Tommy

[kirby]

The paint looks good and Aurich is a known maker of Luftwaffe tropical buckles. If you can’t see any signs of blue paint it should be original.