I picked it up over 40 years ago at a gunshow, for the princely sum of $5.
So if it isn't an original, I didn't lose anything on the deal.
If it is an original, I'll display it with other Imperial German and Austrian items I've collected over the years.
If it's a reproduction/fake, I'll get one a belt from At The Front and wear it. I wouldn't want to risk damaging an original.
At the time I got this, fake 3rd Reich buckles were abundant, but there wasn't much interest in or demand for WW1 era stuff like common buckles and I had never encountered any fake ones.
So if it isn't an original, I didn't lose anything on the deal.
If it is an original, I'll display it with other Imperial German and Austrian items I've collected over the years.
If it's a reproduction/fake, I'll get one a belt from At The Front and wear it. I wouldn't want to risk damaging an original.
At the time I got this, fake 3rd Reich buckles were abundant, but there wasn't much interest in or demand for WW1 era stuff like common buckles and I had never encountered any fake ones.