B-RAD
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Pick this up at auction
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These are a bit of a minefield as you'll know but Wim Saris had at least one definite original (at a time when only four originals were known) and he says here that the gold colour should be as on yours which is a positive start. I have no experience with these buckles and so can't help further unfortunately.
B-RAD
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Thanks for the info Gary. As always I did not spend much $90.00us so if its not real it will display nicely until replaced. If its good I might have got another great deal.
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I Always like these golden HJ leaders buckles, when being okay.
You got it for nearly nothing.
I sold my golden buckle, which I received from the concern's of
Dicke managing chief in the 1970's. It came straight from his desk.
The buckle was sold for a lot of money in the early 1980's - so
far I can remember - to a "silent" US buckle collector, who is
hardly known to others.
Photo from about 1981 where the golden buckle is visible in between
a part of my HJ and buckle-collection. A "good eye" can see the card
from Dicke, where it was said it to be a gift:
You got it for nearly nothing.
I sold my golden buckle, which I received from the concern's of
Dicke managing chief in the 1970's. It came straight from his desk.
The buckle was sold for a lot of money in the early 1980's - so
far I can remember - to a "silent" US buckle collector, who is
hardly known to others.
Photo from about 1981 where the golden buckle is visible in between
a part of my HJ and buckle-collection. A "good eye" can see the card
from Dicke, where it was said it to be a gift:
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B-Rad's and Wilhelms buckles do seem to have that same nice deep gold colour. This one was sold by Craig Gottlieb some time ago and it seems pale in comparison...
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Look at the lousy gilding of the Gottlieb buckle and you will know if it is okay!
What I am missing with the B-Rad buckle, is the shiny polished lettering and
HJ-diamond. Remember these buckles were highly polished, according to
what is said by the Dicke-employee, which they tried to archive with the HJ
diamond with the Gottlieb one!
PS: I do not know if the polishing was done also with later produced buckles,
but anyway with those from the late 1930's.
What I am missing with the B-Rad buckle, is the shiny polished lettering and
HJ-diamond. Remember these buckles were highly polished, according to
what is said by the Dicke-employee, which they tried to archive with the HJ
diamond with the Gottlieb one!
PS: I do not know if the polishing was done also with later produced buckles,
but anyway with those from the late 1930's.