Australian Belt Buckles (QVC)

[Farkas]

Hi Gents,

I bought this bunch of buckles pieces  recently…

 

 

The listing looked like this 👇

and I thought they were just (possibly failed ) sand castings, a few different designs but unlikely any were original.

Then I saw this picture…

 

Do you see the error I saw?

(Answer given at the bottom )
This mistake meant not just cast copies but a bit more of a story. So, now I had the excuse,  I took a punt, 40 quid was the price, how could I not…

 

Apart from this single complete blank one

there are 7 of this type of buckle.👇

There are also 6 of these 👇

& 12 of this design. 👇

A total of 25 needing a tongue to pair with from these 👇 The vendor said these were part of a bigger batch found & are not paired…

This is a variety of tongues

There are 29 in total.

 

There are 19 of these 👇

 

There are 3 of these 👇

& 7 of these 👇

 

 

So that’s the backstory…

now to the reason for the title….

 

 

((Part 2 to follow
I’m scared I’ll delete all this somehow)) 

 

tony 🍻

 

 

(( There is a spelling error on the upper one. DRIOT instead of DROIT.

2 of the 7 have this error.))

Edited June 10, 2023 by Farkas
Edit

[Graf]

Nice find Tony Congrats

Edited June 10, 2023 by Graf

[Farkas]

I actually posted this under the title ‘Australian militia belt buckles’ and started writing this part 2 but

 

Abandoned —-/👇

I decided to start cleaning them up yesterday. I googled the motif…

‘NIL DESPERANDUM VICTORIA’

 

It turns out that ‘Nil Desperandum’ is a place & well used phrase & the ‘Victoria’ in this case is not the Queen but Victoria in Australia.

 

It’s a militia piece… correct pair below

 

           

 

 

                 👇👇

At this point , as I’m writing this, I’ve just found a different identification for it 😡 edited the first bit and been reading about Australian Victorian Artillery ever since!!

 

Need to do more work to finish this… 🤷‍♂️

tony 🍻

—-/:—//

 

 

1 hour ago, Graf said:

Nice find Tony Congrats

Cheers Graf,

I’m pretty chuffed with myself even though there is some serious scrubbing to do! 
And a bit more work confirming what’s what.

 

Thanks as ever for your encouragement 😊

 

tony 

[Graf]

That is the spirit of those forums Members to share and support others

Although I have a nice collection sometimes I was much happier  when I obtained nice and on a good price items and i did not have to dig deep in my pockets

I somehow reached some kind of a point that my drive is not as bigger as used to be . However I enjoy when i see someone,  like you, who is still eager in their collecting

 

Cheers