Black Painted Wehrmacht Belt Buckle

[Avitas]

Hello there,

I just got this ww2 German Army belt buckle in a group of souvenirs my grandpa brought back from Germany and had a question about the black paint. I haven't really seen any with the paint and was wondering if it denoted a specific branch of the Heer or Wehrmacht, as I am of the understanding that most of these were silver. My grandpa fought in 1944-45 so it would definitely be a late-war pick-up. Any info on this type of buckle is welcome and very helpful.

Cheers,

Pat

[Avitas]

and the reverse with th majority of the paint intact. Any help is great!

Cheers,

Pat

[Dave B]

Are you sure it's not really dark green?..it looks greenish on the reverse.

Dave

[Avitas]

I looked at it under sunlight and it kind of has a green tinge to it, but like you said, VERY dark green. Would this be a Feldpolizei buckle then?

Cheers,

Pat

[Dave B]

I'm not au fait with Heer buckle paint but I think it's just a standard army buckle that has been painted in dark green.I'll see if I can get someone more knowledgable than me to comment.

Dave

[Dave B]

Ok I emailed a friend who knows about these things and he said it's a late war Wehrmacht buckle,most probably Heer but possibly Navy.

Dave

[Avitas]

Thanks Dave,

Maybe someone will be able to tell if it is Navy or not, too bad the leather was missing, we could have looked for the stamp! It is a neat buckle though, if only my grandpa could remember where (or more precisely, whom from) exactly he got this over there

Cheers,

Pat

[lach470]

Hi! Sorry to be late getting to this! What you have is considered by some collectors to be a late war issue Heer buckle. Other collectors tend to consider these types of dark buckles worn by members of the coastal artillery manning the Atlantic wall.

I have one such example in my collection. It is dark with actually a tinge of blue in it. Mine is marked GB (gustav brehmer) and dated 1943.

Hope this info helps!

CHeers!

Rob

[Avitas]

Thanks Rob for that info,

It does make sense as a Coastal Artillery buckle, but I know to avoid snipers some army buckles were painted dark as well. A great buckle that I am so happy my old gramps passed on to me, will be in my collection to the end!

Cheers,

Pat