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Farside
03-03-07, 06:08 AM
I need help identifying a product, until i get a picture, toil over this..

green belt, with a polished metal buckle, the belt buckle has an eagle, with a cross over its chest and crown between its outstretched wingtips.

any help will be greatly appreciated.
Kapitan_Phillips
03-03-07, 11:32 AM
I'd guess its an airforce belt? Possibly old American but I'm by no means an expert on militaria
August
03-03-07, 11:46 AM
Never seen a crown on any American military insignia. European monarchy perhaps?
ASWnut101
03-03-07, 12:27 PM
If it's American, which I'm sure it's not, it's very old.
Farside
03-03-07, 12:28 PM
my friend said possibly the kings hussars but i checked them to no avail

the design is similar though:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_Royal_Hussars

without the ball and scepter and instead of initials, a cross on the chest.
ASWnut101
03-03-07, 12:31 PM
Not American at all. Possibly ~18th century Western Europe. My bet is on Spain.
August
03-03-07, 01:50 PM
This thread sucks without pictures. I'm just saying....
bradclark1
03-03-07, 03:06 PM
I need help identifying a product, until i get a picture, toil over this..

green belt, with a polished metal buckle, the belt buckle has an eagle, with a cross over its chest and crown between its outstretched wingtips.

any help will be greatly appreciated.

Green leather or canvas? Brass or silver buckle? Maltese cross or religious cross?
Farside
04-02-07, 06:14 PM
green canvas, silver, religious..

will get a pic tomorrow
Psycluded
04-02-07, 07:24 PM
Sounds vaguely like a serbian/montenegro piece. The Serbian coat of arms features a two-headed eagle with a Christian cross on its chest and a crown suspended overhead. (pictured below) Perhaps this piece is an adapted version?

http://www.andric.org/images/coa_serbia.jpg
Farside
04-03-07, 05:04 PM
okie dokie,

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/Farside498/P1010025.jpg

WARNING THIS PHOTO IS AROUND 800 KB'S
for those unfortunate people with dial up.

have a look, whats your diagnosis

ty!
Farside
04-04-07, 05:35 PM
anything?
ASWnut101
04-04-07, 05:52 PM
Looks either English or Spanish. I could be wrong though...
Yahoshua
04-04-07, 06:06 PM
Would you be able to get that photo in a better lighting?

It does look strikingly similar to the Polish National crest, although the eagle in your photo has a cross overlaid onto it and it looks like it's holding objects in each foot.

http://www.tslpl.org/images/Eagle2_.jpg
bradclark1
04-04-07, 06:13 PM
Don't know, but it's a nice looking buckle.
I'll bet a dollar it's eastern European though.
Polak
04-04-07, 06:57 PM
The eagle looks Polish, I am guessing that the belt is from a unifrom of a catholic military priest, pre-WW2, II Polish Republic. I will check my book and look if I cant find anything there.
Farside
04-05-07, 07:17 AM
getting the lighting right i difficult i got a few more but they are all bright.

hang on..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/Farside498/P1010022.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/Farside498/P1010021.jpg

again both are above 800 kbs i think

about the military priest thought, its not the first time i've been quizzed whether or not that is it origin, we'll see
Polak
04-05-07, 08:46 AM
I did not manage to find anything in my books.
But I am starting to doubt polish origin of the eagle, the thing that makes me doubt is the crown, it's not mounted on the head, polish eagles always had the crown mounted.
Prussian eagles often had the crown unmounted, yet above the head, like this one.
On the other hand, polish military eagles always had their wingtips aimed up in the air like this one, and the cross looks a lot like the cross of the lutheran military priests
http://www.luteranie.pl/edw/

I recommend you to visit this forum http://forum.axishistory.com/
If the historical fanatics over there won't manage to help you, you might as well stop looking. Good luck!
ASWnut101
04-05-07, 01:48 PM
Maby Italy? The cross is very prominent in it.
Farside
04-09-07, 07:46 AM
Spanish they think man.. this is really interesting i wanna know who was wearing it now...!!
Dowly
12-13-07, 03:58 PM
First of all, sorry for reviving this old thread, but just wanted to know if you've figured out what symbol that is?

I did some digging but failed to find any new info. But what I did check was some of the Teutonic Order's patches, shields etc. and that symbol is quite close to that.

http://www.jasta5.org/Jagdstaffeln_5/J5_medals/j5De_preussen_hho_ritteradler_hh.jpg

And another abit different one
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee274/Finnish_Ferret/hochmaister1xz2.jpg

There's no crown nor the cross, but the cross wouldnt fit the Teutonic Order anyway. :hmm: