Gwar Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 I used to collect FAD buckles and still have some, Now I have been focusing on Generalarbeitsfuhrer / Arbeitsgaufuhrer's, Lost RAD Abt. and Arbeitslagers and Emsland units.. I have about 80-90 buckles, and a few brocades all RAD, one brocade mint unissued in original box and wrapping paper. I will post again soon on the correlation of Richard Sieper & Sohn and the truth behind Paulmann and Crone RAD buckles. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 My goodness, what an array! (I've got one buckle, but a good one) My mother-in-law had the name of Paulmann (Paulmann & Krone) after her second marriage! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 My only example, by a Lüdenscheid maker, 1937 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwar Posted December 22, 2018 Author Share Posted December 22, 2018 Thanks Fritz, Ludenscheid was probably the biggest area of buckle manufacturers, F.W. Assman & Sohn, Richard Sieper & Sohn, Christian Theodore Dicke , Fredrich Linden, Overhof & Cie, Ernst Schneider etc; etc;. Do you recognize the maker of your specimen ? Very interested to see what Co. produced your example. I will soon start a thread that will demonstrate most RAD buckle makers marks.. G 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 I'll have to take a look and make some more photos. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 Both tab and buckle are by RS & S, Sieper & Söhne, Lüdenscheid, 1937 as the majority of buckles seem to be. The script on the tab is a bit hard to make out, apart from Lüdenscheid. Lüdenscheid/Pfalz was one of the bigger manufacturing areas of the leather industry apart from Offenbach/M. BASF (Badische Analin- u. Sodafabriken AG) produced the chemicals for the analine dyes and tans. Some definite wear to the soft aluminium of the buckle, slight patina. This example came from a dealer in England. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwar Posted December 23, 2018 Author Share Posted December 23, 2018 Fritz, Much obliged for the additional pics, this is what it looked like when originally issued. I plan on posting the Brocade very soon from now. G 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 Do you also have some belts for these? It's a shame that so many belts have landed on the scrapheap and only buckles being cherished. There used to be tons of good belts available, now you only occasionally see a poor example. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwar Posted December 23, 2018 Author Share Posted December 23, 2018 Yes, Fortunately I do have the belts that came with some of my RAD buckles and a few are R.A.D. BA marked or marked with a RAD Gau. XXXII stamping for example.. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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