Nazi relic found in West Virginia

[Riggleman]

While in search of an elusive Confederate camp i stumbled onto a very small trash dump litterally consisting of 1 old wine bottle, and about 5 or 6 old zinc mason jar lids, and some small iron junk amongst the mess i had a very high tone on the AT Pro, I almost wasnt going to dig because of the visible mason lids, brushed a thin layer of root mass away and out popped this. It appears copper with gold gilding. It is pretty solid, almost a 16th of an inch thick. It appears some sort of crossbar or shank was soldered in the middle. Its about the size of a normal belt buckle. Any insight of what it may be is appreciated. I was thinking a broach or pendant, maybe anouther symbol being in the center. Again this was recovered in the eastern panhandle of West Virginia, maybe a discarded war trophy?

 

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[Kentuck]

I wonder if it held some kind of picture in the middle of it, at one time. Interesting, and I've never seen anything like it from Nazi Germany, but it was likely brought home from WWII as a souvenir by a solder. Interesting....

 

[Tedyoh]

Also the symbol has been used for 12,000 years....obviously not that old because it's stamped but it could be Pre WWII

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[nhbenz]

I'm thinking it's more likely the pre-1930's "good luck" type of item.

 

[ecmjamsit]

Pretty sure that is the "good luck swastika" The Nazi emblem would be tilted 90 degrees.

Nazi emblem Good luck emblem


See the difference?

 

[WilliamBoyd]

It might be an old toilet fixtures; I have seen some with swastikas on them.

Don't worry about it.

 

[taz42o]

I think it is a Belt buckle made to hold silver dollar, not swastika, Indian symbol called a whirling log.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Ladies' sash-buckle, missing its soldered-on vertical center bar, made in the late-1800s/early-1900s, before the 1930s when the German National Socialist (Nazi) Party appropriated the ancient swastika-as-good-luck symbol.

 

[Bruce R]

Google Krit Motor Car company, they also had that emblem, it tells all about it.

 

[TheRingFinder]

Found this on a search of "vintage good luck belt buckles" - Looks close..........

 

[Riggleman]

I knew of the symbol being native American, but never heard of the Good Luck usage. Treasurenet never disappoints when it comes to one of my many amazing treasures being something not so rare and ordinary lol. Thanks to everyone for their input and keep it coming. Ive already played out daring war scenarios and American spy themes im my imagination. But until i actually see an intact "whatever" it is with a concrete story im telling all my detecting buddies its Third Reich, Nazi and it must have been taken from a high ranking German after a bloody battle.

 

[nhbenz]

Pretty sure that is the "good luck swastika" The Nazi emblem would be tilted 90 degrees.

While true the vast majority of time, there were exceptions to the norm (45 degrees), for example: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_standard_of_Adolf_Hitler
and even on a buckle: SS EM NCO Belt Buckle RZM 155/40 - WWII German (item #1179881)

 

[NOLA_Ken]

I collected Nazi regalia for years and I can guarantee it's not any sort of Third Reich relic. I would say it's most likely a Southwestern buckle, and probably had a turquoise or agate set in it at one time.

It's still a cool find though.

 

[jewelerguy]

ladies sash buckle, probably around 1910

 

[ivan salis]

straight across the top line means older "good luck" style item -- 45 degree rotated means Nazi