Red Army Belt Buckles Made From German Buckles

Tal Inbar · 05-11-2005, 11:36 AM

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Esteban_cool · 05-12-2005, 07:20 AM

Interesting! Maybe someone can find and post a Red Star made from an Iron Cross... ^_^U

vikingraider1 · 05-12-2005, 08:30 AM

This was a common practice among partisans who captured lots of German equipment and utilised it for themselves. Boots were paticularly sought after.

***desantnik*** · 05-12-2005, 10:46 AM

I hate to be neighsayer, but I doubt the providence of such a piece. I've seen real "partisan" reworks, usually just grinding down the center design or cutting a star into the center. I also know partisans added the cap stars, but I think this is a recent rework. German belt buckles sell pretty cheaply in the FSU - add a cheap cap star and people pay a premium for a "partisan" belt buckle.

Soviet · 05-12-2005, 02:16 PM

There are also those type.

DougD · 05-12-2005, 05:38 PM

I have to agreee with desantnik; there are far too many of these for sale. They all seem to follow a rather basic pattern. Though i think some are real, I think many are modern make -ups.

DD

***desantnik*** · 02-05-2013, 06:18 PM

A field-converted German WWII belt buckle, now "sovietized." I was told this was worn by partisans, but don't necessarily believe the story. It was purchased inexpensively enough and cheaper than non-such-modified German WWII belt buckles that I believe this to be originally done field modification.

Al-muell · 02-07-2013, 12:13 AM

Can be partisan, but can be a regular Red Army soldier as well. I have seen plenty of photographs of Soviet and Polish soldiers wearing modified german belts, altough the belts themselves are harder to obtain.

05-12-2005, 07:20 AM	#2
Esteban_cool Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Santiago, Chile Age: 36 Posts: 1,103	Interesting! Maybe someone can find and post a Red Star made from an Iron Cross... ^_^U __________________ There's nothing in the streets Looks any different to me And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye And the parting on the left Are now parting on the right And the beards have all grown longer overnight The Who, Won't get fooled again

05-12-2005, 08:30 AM	#3
vikingraider1 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: London, Home of West Ham United Age: 54 Posts: 328	This was a common practice among partisans who captured lots of German equipment and utilised it for themselves. Boots were paticularly sought after. __________________ "We can truly say that the whole circuit of the earth is girdled with the graves of our dead... and, in the course of my pilgrimage, I have many times asked myself whether there can be more potent advocates of peace upon earth through the years to come, than this massed multitude of silent witnesses to the desolation of war." King George V, Flanders, 1922

05-12-2005, 05:38 PM	#6
DougD Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: NJ Age: 50 Posts: 2,060	buckles I have to agreee with desantnik; there are far too many of these for sale. They all seem to follow a rather basic pattern. Though i think some are real, I think many are modern make -ups. DD

02-07-2013, 12:13 AM	#8
Al-muell Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Wrocław, Poland Posts: 1,828	Re: German Third Reich Belt Buckle Converted Can be partisan, but can be a regular Red Army soldier as well. I have seen plenty of photographs of Soviet and Polish soldiers wearing modified german belts, altough the belts themselves are harder to obtain.

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05-12-2005, 10:46 AM	#4
*desantnik* Forum Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Eurasia Posts: 2,338	I hate to be neighsayer, but I doubt the providence of such a piece. I've seen real "partisan" reworks, usually just grinding down the center design or cutting a star into the center. I also know partisans added the cap stars, but I think this is a recent rework. German belt buckles sell pretty cheaply in the FSU - add a cheap cap star and people pay a premium for a "partisan" belt buckle.

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