1913 buckle with Marine/anchor proof

[Paul l k]

Hi all,

I am posting these two buckle sets on behalf of another WA member Erwin.
He would like to hear any comments other members might have.

Cheers
Paul l k ...

[Paul l k]

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[Paul l k]

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[Paul l k]

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[Erwin]

Thanks for posting these pics for me Paul.

Re the 50mm buckle with the crown/M stamp on the edge, I have not seen this stamp on any Marine/Colonial buckle before.
Wondering now if perhaps if this was an Imperial marking phased out by WW1?

Erwin

[kaiserwilhelm2]

Although naval items are outside my field of collection I like the EM buckles especially the M15 one. The tab marked 1914 looks to have been resewn.

Questions: How common is it to see this kind of greyish reverse on what I assume is a messing buckle (see the bigger buckle in post 1) and is it regular to see a clearly post 1895 marked tab (in this case 1913) on what I assume is a pre 1895 buckle (the bigger one)?

[Kurt Leimbach]

Sorry, mis-posted.

[Chip M]

My M95 naval buckle has the crowned M stamp on the leather tab.

Chip

[Robert Evans]

Here are quick scans of my M-95 KM buckle marked "Berlin" "crown over M" no date. No camera-best I could do.
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