Hello again,
Once more my little field is showing its diversity.
Yesterday I popped out for a hour and amongst the usual old nails I found a nice little buckle, tentatively ID´d as Imperial Russian Army issue.
*The Imperial Russian Army was the land armed force of the Russian Empire, active from around 1721 to the Russian Revolution of 1917.*
Mine appears to be WW1 but who knows really? Could be older I guess but going on the fact that I´m not that far from the Poland border in Germany it´s most likely WW1.
It´s fairly beat up, worn a lot and is missing the clasps on the back, so far I´ve only soapy water cleaned with a toothbrush. Should I try and straighten and polish it up do you think? I kinda like it as it is but it´s tempting to give it a proper back to bare metal clean, there are odd spots on the edge that show the golden brass colour.
Once more my little field is showing its diversity.
Yesterday I popped out for a hour and amongst the usual old nails I found a nice little buckle, tentatively ID´d as Imperial Russian Army issue.
*The Imperial Russian Army was the land armed force of the Russian Empire, active from around 1721 to the Russian Revolution of 1917.*
Mine appears to be WW1 but who knows really? Could be older I guess but going on the fact that I´m not that far from the Poland border in Germany it´s most likely WW1.
It´s fairly beat up, worn a lot and is missing the clasps on the back, so far I´ve only soapy water cleaned with a toothbrush. Should I try and straighten and polish it up do you think? I kinda like it as it is but it´s tempting to give it a proper back to bare metal clean, there are odd spots on the edge that show the golden brass colour.
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