Chris Boonzaier Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Just picked these up for a song and a dance.... am not sure if they are german, or even WW1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
120RIR Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 The one on the left could be WWI although they were also used much later and without an obvious WWI-era mark there's no way to tell. I don't believe the other two are of the WWI German pattern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 None are Imperial German issue imo, sorry.Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Imperial brass mounted (I sold my dated steel job to a fellow collector) and an commercially available example, other they used loose canteens clips, boot laces and key ring loops.Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 I think of those that have been shown, the one with the square "loop" has the best chance of being a good one. Never seen anything like what Hoss has shown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jock Auld Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 (edited) All 3 look second war era to me? Edited May 22, 2015 by Jock Auld Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 The middle one could have been used on reflection, if the hardware is from an early bread bag, its the best of the three imo.Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted May 23, 2015 Author Share Posted May 23, 2015 Here is the square loop... it matches the fittings on a Period Binocular case.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted May 23, 2015 Author Share Posted May 23, 2015 Imperial brass mounted (I sold my dated steel job to a fellow collector) and an commercially available example, other they used loose canteens clips, boot laces and key ring loops.EricNot having ever seen one, my first thought when I see the one with the brass stud is something to go on a british Sam Browne setup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted May 23, 2015 Author Share Posted May 23, 2015 The middle one could have been used on reflection, if the hardware is from an early bread bag, its the best of the three imo.EricJup, that comment sent me to my small breadbag pile... have a couple with similar fittings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 Chris forget what I say in my initial post, I was full of crap. I just remembered a killer W1 belt full of danglies sold to me chum. The left one as Mr Chips say's is of course ok, problem with those they must have been stamped out right through into TR period as well. Still don't like the right one though, so now I'm two for three lol!I'll contact him for some pics, been busy and haven't talked in a while etc.Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Nice Schutzleder! I rand into a guy at the Stuttgart show in the early 1980s, who had a stringer of these. Most were dated in the 1920s, but I found four or five with WWI dates. I traded off all the extra ones, but of course, I kept one.I can read the Frankfurt a/M and the date, but I cannot make out the manufacturer's name. What is it?Chip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Still don't like the right one though, so now I'm two for three lol!Eric Eric,That last one with the aluminum ring is a total no go. Aluminum for that type of thing was totally postwar.Chip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted May 25, 2015 Author Share Posted May 25, 2015 Agreed, the Alu is not WW1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Noll Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Here is the real deal. I realize it is on the belt backwards. Enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Yep. As I mentioned at the beginning, the squarish ones are most likely, WWI vintage.Chip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Noll Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 This belt/buckle was a very late addition to my menagerie. It is a beautiful belt with a 1918 tab marked buckle. It looks apparent to me that the belt/buckle have been together for ever. The belt "thingie" came with it. Note the remainder of the feldgrau finish on the metal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted June 17, 2015 Author Share Posted June 17, 2015 Hi Jeff,can you post the complete belt in a seperate thread, from the bit we see it looks really nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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