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04-04-2011, 07:38 PM
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People's Commissariat Of The Lines Of Communication Belt Buckle
Does anyone out there know just what and when this belt buckle was? It was thrown in a lot of items I bought a few years ago and I've just put it in a drawer since I had it and today I came across it and It'd be nice to have some more information on it - other than it's old, crudely made and heavy. Sorry about the poor picture but my scanner prefers 2D pictures and I don't have a camera. Thanking you in advance.
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04-05-2011, 12:50 AM
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Re: Unknown Belt Buckle
It's an engineering corps device. Perhaps someone took a leftover collar tab or epaulet device and grafted it onto a belt buckle. Interesting "trench art" sort of thing
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04-05-2011, 01:00 AM
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Re: Unknown Belt Buckle
Wouldn't it be railway? They also used this symbol and they probably had some belt buckles, at least in Stalin's era.
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04-05-2011, 08:23 PM
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Re: Unknown Belt Buckle
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04-05-2011, 08:32 PM
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Re: Unknown Belt Buckle
If I had to hazard a guess on it's age it is DEFINITELY pre-GPW probably the mid-late 20's. It is very heavy duty and has had a good share of honest wear on it. The spanner and hammer on the front are bigger and more heavy duty than collar tabs and are very firmly attached.
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04-06-2011, 09:07 AM
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Re: Unknown Belt Buckle
My first thought was Railway as well.
The crossed hammer and wrench as a Railways symbol went back to Tsarist times and was continued under the Soviet regime. |
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04-05-2011, 04:19 AM
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Re: Unknown Belt Buckle
Pretty large for a collar tab, isn't it? I mean, those Soviet buckles can be pretty large.
What's the back look like?
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04-05-2011, 04:57 AM
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Re: Unknown Belt Buckle
Here is the back of a different buckle I found on the internet (since I don't have a camera) that has the same sort of back (except the buckle in question is flat). I also found a picture of this similar buckle on a site claiming to be offering relics of Stalingrad for free.
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04-06-2011, 09:52 PM
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Re: Unknown Belt Buckle
Kindly show an image of the reverse...
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04-07-2011, 10:06 AM
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Re: Unknown Belt Buckle
Here's the reverse. A very poor picture but as I've said no camera and scanner likes 2D. No maker marks etc.... The bar is not rusty (as it doesn't seem ferrous) just dirty.
If someone wants to buy me a camera I'd be able to take oceans of photos. |
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