easterneagle87 Posted July 3, 2021 Share #426 Posted July 3, 2021 Here’s a buckle I will be picking up I the next few days. USS ORISKANY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easterneagle87 Posted July 3, 2021 Share #427 Posted July 3, 2021 11 hours ago, Salvage Sailor said: USS CONSERVER (ARS-39) Bolster class Rescue Salvage vessel and Commanding Officers boards Is it possible to get a better shot of the buckle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted July 4, 2021 Share #428 Posted July 4, 2021 Yes, in time, I have it stored somewhere and have to reshoot the photos but it looks a lot like this one from her sister ship the USS RECLAIMER (ARS-42) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easterneagle87 Posted July 8, 2021 Share #429 Posted July 8, 2021 In addition to the posts on page 14, #336, #337 & #338 for Harley Davidson P.I. buckles, here's a beaut! Just found the listing on Mercari late last night. It really super nice, but unless you've got a real hard spot for these H.D. / P.I. buckles, it is pricey at $215. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easterneagle87 Posted July 11, 2021 Share #430 Posted July 11, 2021 I think the HD buckle sold as I don’t see it on Mercari now. In the interest of transportation, here’s a corvette themed buckle I just found on “the bay”. Got a couple in the works that Ryan bird dogged forms. I’ll post them when they touch down. I did get that Texas Sesquicentennial buckle since it was cheap. Nothing but ovals lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easterneagle87 Posted July 11, 2021 Share #431 Posted July 11, 2021 On 7/8/2021 at 1:21 PM, easterneagle87 said: In addition to the posts on page 14, #336, #337 & #338 for Harley Davidson P.I. buckles, here's a beaut! Just found the listing on Mercari late last night. It really super nice, but unless you've got a real hard spot for these H.D. / P.I. buckles, it is pricey at $215. Cheers! this buckle is listed on Etsy, not Mercari. No wonder I couldn’t find it again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easterneagle87 Posted July 14, 2021 Share #432 Posted July 14, 2021 New arrivals in the mail box today. With thanks from, @vforvictory1945 who bird dogged the San Miguel (my 1st S.M. Beer buckle!) off of Mercari. So, I always check "what else you've got for sale" in their listings.... And saw they had an oval USMC listed as well. No brainer, got it too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easterneagle87 Posted July 15, 2021 Share #433 Posted July 15, 2021 Here's one that sold back in June on the "bay", Naval Medical /Flight Surgeon Wings, Tavis Luz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easterneagle87 Posted July 18, 2021 Share #434 Posted July 18, 2021 Thought I was on track to pick up this USS New Jersey / Yeoman buckle off of OfferUp along with an associated patch from 1988. Turns out the ad was really old and there was no response from the seller , so the order was cancelled. Oh well, I took a shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easterneagle87 Posted July 20, 2021 Share #435 Posted July 20, 2021 This one has popped back up on ebay again. Scrolled through the pages and thought it had been posted before. Couldn't find it, so here it is. Listing says 70's, but the Hornet didn't come into deployed service until basically the middle 80's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easterneagle87 Posted July 21, 2021 Share #436 Posted July 21, 2021 Here are two "named" buckles currently on the 'bay' now. ANNETTE G and JACK. Annette is in a reasonable mixed lot, but Jack is all by himself at a hefty price of $85. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilippineBuckles Posted July 21, 2021 Author Share #437 Posted July 21, 2021 Here is a NAS Sigonella UC-12 Lt D.C. Hollingsworth buckle someone picked up on ebay in June... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilippineBuckles Posted July 21, 2021 Author Share #438 Posted July 21, 2021 Here is a circa 1945 (based on the clasp shape on the back) USAF buckle that recently sold on ebay. It is identically to a buckle I bought in 2014. It will be interesting if one shows up some day with a name engraved on it. Philippine made USAAF / USAF buckles are pretty uncommon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easterneagle87 Posted July 21, 2021 Share #439 Posted July 21, 2021 3 minutes ago, PhilippineBuckles said: Here is a circa 1945 (based on the clasp shape on the back) USAF buckle that recently sold on ebay. It is identically to a buckle I bought in 2014. It will be interesting if one shows up some day with a name engraved on it. Philippine made USAAF / USAF buckles are pretty uncommon. I saw this buckle and glad it has been included in the discussion. I do have a question though, Was it carved or stamped? Great symmetry if it was carved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilippineBuckles Posted July 21, 2021 Author Share #440 Posted July 21, 2021 I too have the same question: Engraved or stamped? One doesn't see any evidence of stamping on the reverse side. The chrome finish is definitely different than other Philippine buckles. Perhaps it was engraved/stamped and then chrome plated? Here is a picture of the buckle I bought in 2014. Looks identical to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easterneagle87 Posted July 22, 2021 Share #441 Posted July 22, 2021 Continuing on this topic from page 20 , post #484 So I had saved up my recycling/mad money and bolted to town to get this buckle. As I was chatting with the dealer, he pointed out several other items (plaques) he had on display from the same Navy vet. Bells started ringing in the back of my head after I read a couple of them. I asked him him if he got them from an estate sale several years ago. He looked at me and said, "yes." He had picked up a whole box of stuff on the first day of the sale. I happened to hit the sale on the second and last day and it dawned on me I may have some stuff from that sale as well. Out to the garage and began digging. TA -- DA!!! I found three name tags to put with this buckle! I never knew what I was going to do with the tags, but now they've been re-united, it's a decent group! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carrabassett Posted July 22, 2021 Share #442 Posted July 22, 2021 Great reunion and preservation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easterneagle87 Posted July 23, 2021 Share #443 Posted July 23, 2021 Continuing with the theme "San Miguel Beer" posts; page 3, #54 & 55 and my own on page 20, #490. Here is another on on ebay that's listed for awhile. A cut out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vforvictory1945 Posted July 24, 2021 Share #444 Posted July 24, 2021 Curious if anybody owns this 104 page book by Dan Smith? I saw it on Ebay and then on his www.navycollector.com website. Not bad for $28.00 shipped through the website. It looks pretty interesting and would be cool if there were any PI buckles featured inside its pages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vforvictory1945 Posted July 24, 2021 Share #445 Posted July 24, 2021 Great PI made Seabees badge on the Navy Collector site. This is some of the best engraving I've seen to date. Definitely an exquisite piece! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilippineBuckles Posted July 25, 2021 Author Share #446 Posted July 25, 2021 Dan has a wanted badge pictured on his site http://navycollector.com/Navy Images2/$__SP-7.jpg that is cool "U.S. Navy Shore Patrol Chief Philippines" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vforvictory1945 Posted July 25, 2021 Share #447 Posted July 25, 2021 Bill - Seeing these almost makes me want to look for PI made badges too. It seems like they're much rarer than the buckles though. Chris has some good ones. There should be another thread on the forum somewhere dedicated to the badges (I recall seeing it the other day). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vforvictory1945 Posted July 27, 2021 Share #448 Posted July 27, 2021 Some shuffling and rearranging. These buckles are so hard to photograph. Here's the current line up. There definitely seems to be fewer buckles out there for sale this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilippineBuckles Posted July 27, 2021 Author Share #449 Posted July 27, 2021 Hi Ryan! Would you please post a picture of the middle buckle on the second row from the top? Was it an ebay purchase? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vforvictory1945 Posted July 27, 2021 Share #450 Posted July 27, 2021 Bill - My mistake. That buckle I purchased from the forum, but actually put it back up on Ebay today. I paid pretty decent money for it. The Seabees buckle that was listed today, the 1944 - 1945 James W. Hudson, had me thinking that I would rather have a 1944 dated buckle than this one and was tempted to buy that buckle but the damage has me hesitant. I believe the one you're asking about is a US Army Quartermaster Corps buckle. Here's the link to the Ebay auction: https://www.ebay.com/itm/114909364727. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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