Battlefield Belt Buckles
Posted on May 14, 2008 by admin
Anyone into vintage, military or just plain collecting belt buckles has gotta check out John Gawne’s incredible collection of 20th century military buckles. The author of Finding Your Father’s War has collected more than a dozen buckles from World Wars I & II and all are used or “have seen action”, as he puts it.
Gawne’s collection includes belt buckles recovered from battlefields as distant as Estonia and familiar as Pottsdam. The above buckle is a WWII German military buckle that features the notorious Gott Mit Uns (God With Us) signature logo. Gawne found it at Gorp en Roovert, a remote battlefield on the Dutch-Belgian Border.
These buckles aren’t made for wearin’. They’re made for admiring. And for reflecting.
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Ernest HEMINGWAY WORE A BUCKLE Exactly like thke one in your picture. I am writing a book about it. if you are curious, check out my website.
regards,
Tom Sanders