Naval Intantry?

[Kaisersammler]

Does anyone recognize this belt buckle? It's supposedly from the Naval Infantry Battalion. Or is it a homemade design?

 

[CLOVIS 57]

I am indeed thinking of a fanciful DIY project.

 

[GreatWarGreatMilitaria]

Yeah, for sure some Frankenstein work going on there. Sorry to say
Cheers Jay

 

[Peter B]

If these guys are right it is a German Post WW1 Freikorps Self-Defence Battalion Von Heydebreck Pin Badge on the buckle:

✚9716✚ German Post WW1 Freikorps Self-Defence Battalion Von Heydebreck Pin Badge

Original German post WW1 (Weimar Republic) Freikorps Volunteer Fighters / Self-defence Battalion von Heydebreck (Freikorps Freiwillige Jägerschar / Selbstschutz-Bataillon von Heydebreck) - IN VERY NICE CONDITION, FINE EXAMPLE OF A RARE AWARD, HARD TO FIND, SIZE (WITHOUT / WITH THE PIN): 33 mm /...

ironcrossmilitaria.co.uk

Okay and the Imperial War Museum calls it - Badge, headdress, German Naval Air Service:

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30077034

So the badge part itself used by the Naval Air Sevice and then the Freikorps?

 

[Kaisersammler]

You might be right about the Freikorps. I'll still buy the castle, though. I'll add it to the photo.