Belt Buckle Guide

This is an identification guide for the different types of Belt Buckles worn in Germany from 1931 until 1945. Unless otherwise noted, all photographs are of original authentic items of the period. This guide is for identification only. To correctly authenticate an item, it's size, weight, composition, and construction details must be examined. If anyone has questions or suggestions, please contact Vern@GermanDaggers.com.

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Military Belt Buckles

Reichsheer Enlisted Buckle Adopted 1919	1st pattern Heer Enlisted Buckle Adopted 1935	2nd pattern Heer Enlisted Buckle Adopted 1937	Heer Enlisted Service Buckle (Feld Gray) Adopted 1940
Heer Enlisted Tropical Buckle (Olive Drab) Adopted 1940	Heer Enlisted Tropical Buckle (Bakelite) Unknown	Heer Officer Buckle Adopted 1937	Heer General/FeldMarshal Buckle Adopted 1937
Heer Officer Tropical Buckle (Olive Drab) Adopted 1940	Reichsmarine Enlisted Buckle Adopted 1919	Kriegsmarine Enlisted Buckle Adopted 1935	Kriegsmarine Enlisted Buckle Alternate pattern
Kriegsmarine Enlisted Service Buckle (Blue Black) Adopted 1940	Kriegsmarine Officer Buckle Adopted 1921	Kriegsmarine Administrative Officer Buckle Adopted 1934	1st pattern Luftwaffe Enlisted Buckle Adopted 1935
2nd pattern Luftwaffe Enlisted Buckle Adopted 1938	Luftwaffe Enlisted Service Buckle (Feld Gray) Adopted 1940	Luftwaffe Enlisted Tropical Buckle (Olive Drab) Adopted 1940	1st pattern Luftwaffe Officer Buckle Adopted 1935
2nd pattern Luftwaffe Officer Buckle Adopted 1938	Luftwaffe General/FeldMarshal Buckle Adopted 1938

Party Belt Buckles

1st SA Buckle Adopted in the 1920s	2nd SA Buckle Adopted 1935	3rd SA Buckle Adopted 1936	SA-Wehrmannschaften (Home Guards) Adopted 1943
SA-Fliegereinheiten (SA/SS Aviation Unit) Worn 1929 to 1934	SA High Leader Buckle Adopted 1940	SS Enlisted Buckle Adopted 1927	Waffen SS Buckle (Feld Gray) Adopted 1940
(SA/SS?) Gau Essen Enlisted Buckle Worn early 1930s	SS Officer Buckle Adopted 1932	NSKK Motor School Buckle Worn early 1930s	NSKK Motor School Buckle Worn early 1930s
NSKK Motor School Buckle Worn early 1930s	NSKK Enlisted Buckle Adopted 1934	NSKK Officer Buckle Adopted 1940	NSFK Enlisted Buckle Adopted date unknown
NSFK Officer Buckle Adopted 1940	RLSV Enlisted Buckle Adopted 1932	RLSV Officer Buckle Adopted 1935	1st RLB Enlisted Buckle Adopted 1933
2nd RLB Enlisted (Luftschutz) Buckle Adopted 1935	3rd RLB Enlisted Buckle Adopted 1939	1st RLB Officer Buckle Adopted 1933	2nd RLB Officer Buckle Adopted 1936
3rd RLB Officer Buckle Adopted 1938	4th RLB Officer Buckle Adopted 1940	Pfadfinderbund Buckle Adopted 1926	Pfadfinderbund Buckle Alternative Pattern
Deutsche Jungvolk Buckle Adopted 1933	HitlerJunge Buckle Adopted 1936	HitlerJunge Leader Buckle Adopted 1929	HitlerJunge Leader Buckle Adopted 1937
Studentenbund Buckle Adopted 1933	NPEA Leader Buckle Adopted date unknown	NSDAP Political Leader Buckle Adopted 1940	NSDAP Political Leader Buckle - Silver Adopted 1940
AAD (Anhalt Arbeits Dienst) Buckle Adopted 1932	FAD (Freiwillign Arbeits Dienst) Buckle Adopted 1932	FAD (Freiwillign Arbeits Dienst) Buckle Alternative Pattern	FAD (Freiwillign Arbeits Dienst) Buckle Alternative Pattern
FAD (Freiwillign Arbeits Dienst) Buckle Alternative Pattern	FAD (Freiwillign Arbeits Dienst) Buckle Alternative Pattern	FAD (Freiwillign Arbeits Dienst) Buckle Alternative Pattern	FAD (Freiwillign Arbeits Dienst) Buckle Alternative Pattern
FAD (Freiwillign Arbeits Dienst) Buckle Alternative Pattern	RAD (Reichs Arbeits Dienst) Enlisted Buckle Adopted 1936	RAD (Reichs Arbeits Dienst) Leader Buckle Adopted 1936	RAD (Reichs Arbeits Dienst) Senior Leader Buckle Adopted 1939
NSBO Enlisted Buckle Adopted 1933	NSBO Enlisted Buckle Alternative Pattern	NSBO Enlisted Buckle Alternative Pattern	NSBO Enlisted Buckle Alternative Pattern
NSBO Enlisted Buckle Alternative Pattern	DAF Enlisted Buckle Adopted 1936	DAF Enlisted Buckle Alternative Pattern	DAF Enlisted Buckle Alternative Pattern
DAF Enlisted Buckle Alternative Pattern	DAF Enlisted Buckle Alternative Pattern	DAF Officer Buckle Adopted 1942	Organization Todt Enlisted Buckle Adopted 1941
Werkschutz Buckle Reitz Firm in Antwerp	Werkschutz Buckle Draeger Werke in Luebeck	Werkschutz Buckle Heinkel aircraft firm	TeNo Enlisted Buckle Worn 1933-34
TeNo Leader Buckle Adopted 1940	TeNo Senior Leader Buckle Adopted 1940	Volksbund fur das Deutschtum im Ausland Buckle Adopted 1933

Goverment Belt Buckles

Veteran Organization Belt Buckles

Stahlhelm Buckle Early 1920s	Stahlhelm Buckle Early 1920s	Stahlhelm Buckle Early 1920s	Stahlhelm Buckle Early 1920s
Stahlhelm Buckle Late 1920s	Stahlhelm Buckle Late 1920s	Stahlhelm Buckle Late 1920s	Stahlhelm Buckle Early 1930s
Stahlhelm Buckle Early 1930s	Stahlhelm Buckle Early 1930s	Stahlhelm Buckle Early 1930s	Jung Stahlhelm Buckle 1st Pattern - Early 1930s
Jung Stahlhelm Buckle 2nd Pattern - Early 1930s	Jung Stahlhelm Buckle 3rd Pattern - Early 1930s	Jung Stahlhelm Buckle 4th Pattern - Early 1930s	Stahlhelm - Scharnhorst Buckle 1st Pattern
Stahlhelm - Scharnhorst Buckle 2nd Pattern	Stahlhelm Buckle Wehrwolf Pattern	Reichsbanner Buckle Mid 1920s	Reichsbanner Youth Buckle Adopted 1928
Kyffhauser Buckle Mid 1930s	Kyffhauser Buckle Manufacturer's Variation

Miscellaneous Belt Buckles

Berghoheitsverwaltung (Mine Administration) Buckle Adopted 1936	Bergbau Buckle Adopted 1936	Bergbau Buckle Alternate pattern	Turnverein (Gymnastic Association) Buckle Abolished 1934
Turnverein (Gymnastic Association) Buckle Abolished 1934	Turnverein (Gymnastic Association) Buckle Abolished 1934	Deutsche Turnerschaft (German Gymnastic Association) Buckle Abolished 1934	Deutsche Turnerschaft (German Gymnastic Association) Buckle Abolished 1934
Musicans Buckle Adopted date unknown	Nightwatchman Guild Buckle Adopted date unknown	Butcher's Guild Buckle Early pattern	Butcher's Guild Buckle Early pattern
Butcher's Guild Buckle Worn 1920s-30s	Carpenter's Guild Buckle Early pattern	Carpenter's Guild Buckle Early pattern	Carpenter's Guild Buckle Worn 1920s-30s

Police Enlisted Buckle Adopted date unknown	Rural Police Enlisted Buckle Adopted date unknown	Rural Police Dress Buckle Adopted date unknown	Water Police Enlisted Buckle Adopted date unknown
Police Officer Buckle Adopted date unknown	Water Police Officer/Police General Buckle Adopted date unknown	SS Police General Buckle Adopted date unknown	Prussian Police Enlisted Buckle Adopted date unknown
Prussian Police Officer Buckle Adopted date unknown	Prussian Police Senior Officer Buckle Adopted date unknown	1st pattern Justice Official Buckle Adopted 1934	2nd pattern Justice Official Buckle Adopted 1937
1st pattern Penal Administration Official Buckle Adopted 1934	2nd pattern Penal Administration Official Buckle Adopted 1937	Fire Protection Police Buckle Early pattern	Fire Protection Police Buckle Early pattern
Fire Protection Police Enlisted Buckle Adopted date unknown	Fire Protection Police Enlisted Buckle Adopted 1938	Fire Protection Police Officer Buckle Adopted 1938	National Forestry Junior Officer Buckle Adopted 1938
National Forestry Officer Buckle Adopted 1938	National Senior Forestry Officer Buckle Adopted 1938	Bayern - State Forestry Officer Buckle Worn 1933-38	Hannover - State Forestry Officer Buckle Worn 1933-38
Hessen/Baden type 1 - State Forestry Officer Buckle Worn 1933-38	Hessen/Baden type 2 - State Forestry Officer Buckle Worn 1933-38	Mecklenburg - State Forestry Officer Buckle Worn 1933-38	Prussia - State Forestry Officer Buckle Worn 1933-38
Thuringen - State Forestry Officer Buckle Worn 1933-38	Westfalen - State Forestry Officer Buckle Worn 1933-38	Württemberg - State Forestry Officer Buckle Worn 1933-38	Private Forestry Buckle Adopted 1938
Private Forestry Officer Buckle Adopted 1938	German Hunting Association Buckle Adopted date unknown	Diplomatic Official Buckle - Type 1 Adopted 1938	Diplomatic Official Buckle - Type 2 Adopted date unknown
Diplomatic Official Buckle - Type 3 Adopted 1940	Government/Diplomatic Official Buckle - Type 4 Adopted 1940	Senior Diplomatic Official Buckle Adopted date unknown	RMBO Official Buckle Adopted 1942
Senior RMBO Official Buckle Adopted 1942	Customs (Landzoll) Officer Buckle Adopted 1939	Water Customs (Wasserzoll) Officer Buckle Adopted 1939	Postal Police Enlisted Buckle Adopted 1934
Postal Police Leader Buckle Adopted 1937	State Railroad Police Buckle Adopted date unknown	Railroad Police Buckle Adopted 1928	Railroad Police Buckle Adopted 1933
Railroad Police Officer Buckle Adopted 1935	Railroad Police Buckle Adopted 1935	Railroad Police Officer Buckle Adopted 1939	German Railroad Officer Buckle Adopted 1940
1st pattern German Red Cross Enlisted Buckle Adopted 1935	2nd pattern German Red Cross Enlisted Buckle Adopted 1938	3rd pattern German Red Cross Enlisted Buckle Adopted 1943	1st pattern German Red Cross Officer Buckle Adopted 1935
2nd pattern German Red Cross Officer Buckle Adopted 1938	Reichsnahrstand (RNS - Food Corporation) Official Buckle Adopted 1933	Senior Reichsnahrstand (RNS - Food Corporation) Official Buckle Adopted 1933