SAS stable belt - is it real?

[Shiny]

Hi all,

I've just rediscovered this stable belt I've had tucked away in the loft for quite a few years, I'm looking for opinions on it please. 

Does it look genuine? 

[peter monahan]

The Victor Buckle appears to be manufactured by Hobson & Son. of Aldershot, who do stable belts for many units.  Examples on the web for Paras and other units seem to match, so I'd guess this is a good one.  The finish on the reverse of the buckle is very crude, but that seems to be common to a number of the samples I saw, so I'd guess that's just the new standard.   

Here's a site with multiple examples if you want to compare yours to others. http://www.stablebelts.co.uk/mainpage.html

 

[Shiny]

That's good to know thanks a lot Peter.