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    1937 German army belt & buckle

    Hello All, I've had this belt since 1967 when it was given to me after helping a friend move from one house to another. His father had brought it back as one of several spoils of war. I actually wore this all through college from '69-'73 and was asked about it only once in that time. It's been sitting in my closet for decades while my belly grew larger. It won't fit me again until some time after I'm dead and "shrunk" from that process. So I'm interested in selling it but ask the folks on this forum to suggest a value for it. Condition remains in good to very good. Leather and threads are strong but leather surface is checked and the belt is not as supple as it once was. It's date stamped 1937 and also stamped "Friedrich Keller" & "Oberstein". Any suggestions as to value? I hope this is not the wrong forum or an inappropriate question. If so I'll delete it. Many thanks, Dave



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    Hi Dave,

    over here you can get $45 to $90. It depends on the condition and the buyer.On the buckle you can see that it is an early one, the later ones didnt have the" Gott mit uns ", because Hitler hate religion.

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    Thanks, Gunner, that's good information. Dave

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    Sorry, but the info about the Gott Mit Uns on the bucke is wrong! This was never removed from buckels or anything else that it was on at the start of the war. The only thing that changed over the course of the war is the type metal the buckle was made of and how it was made - cast/molded or stamped.
    The marking look like it is on the leather tab sewn onto the buckle, Not on the belt. Any markings on the belt would normaly be found on the end close to the hook. Size marking, if any, would be on the tip at the oposite end = 85 or 105 usv.
    If marked the belt will bring a bit more than unmarked, but around $50-75. The buckle will bring about the same since it is an early buckle and has the tab.
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    Sarge,
    yep you`re right! Last week i read an article about the buckle. Hitler would change the "Gott mit uns" into the same like the SS had "Meine Ehre heißt Treue". But for the less time and that it was a logistic desaster to change millions of buckles they let it be. Seems that it worried me.

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    I have a simiar story. I too was given a Germanicon Army belt which I wore on my jeans in university 66-70 and for a while thereafter. I think today we'd be seen as neo-Nazis. Times have changed. If you still have the belt and wish to sell it, pls let me know.

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    I would be interested in purchasing it. Shoot me a PM if you determine a price.

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