WW1 Turkish officer buckle

[Daniel Murphy]

Here is a buckle I got with a grouping belonging to Ottoman Leutnant W. Ottersbach who served in Ottoman Flieger Abteilung 6 at Chanakkale from 1916 to 1918. It is an otherwise normal wartime Turkish officer's buckle. The belt unfortunately did not survive the passage of time.

Dan

Edited September 19, 2006 by Daniel Murphy

[Daniel Murphy]

Reverse.

[lach470]

COOL....first time I see such a buckle! Certainly has a Turkish flavour to it! NICE!

Cheers...

Rob

[Tosun Saral]

I am not sure but with ottoman script the buckle must be before 1928. A buckle of granddress of officers. I add 3 photos of importand Turkish pashas with a buckle which has similarities.

Enver Pasha

[Tosun Saral]

Mustafa Kemal Pasha (Ataturk)

[jj08]

Edited November 29, 2008 by jj08

[jj08]

Edited November 29, 2008 by jj08

[jj08]

Edited November 29, 2008 by jj08

[Rowan Stevens]

Boy what a fantastic Buckle!

How can I find out about the different Buckles out there, is there a book or website for world Buckles?

Great stuff.

Rowan

[lach470]

I don't think there's a book out there on buckles from around the world. Nash and Angolia pretty much have top spots for books on German belt buckles.

Cheers!

Rob

[Rowan Stevens]

Oh well, I guess the internet is a great resource.

Maybe somtimes we have to do the groundwork for ourselves LOL

Cheers Rob, and again what a great buckle that started this topic

Rowan