Solid Bronze Buckle..Military?

[Ohio Jerry]

This cellarhole buckle was fun to find!! I decided to swing in the shallow spring runoff nearby which for some silly reason i've not hit very hard(usually trying to keep my feet dry).Yesterday i was soaked with sweat anyways so i played in the mud a little. It is stamped "solid bronze" and has a nice little anchor stamped in it but not sure if it's military or if that's a maker's mark? Thanks for lookin!!

 

[NOLA_Ken]

Reminds me of a rifle sling, not sure what it is though but it's a cool buckle.

 

[High Plains Digger]

Reminds me of some kind of bridle strap buckle or one for traces somewhere. Seems pretty heavy duty.

 

[Breezie]

The ANCHOR hallmark was used by North & Judd.

BCH found this post for me a couple of weeks ago:
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,309997.0.html
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,411914.0.html

Nice find, Breezie

 

[Ohio Jerry]

The ANCHOR hallmark was used by North & Judd.

BCH found this post for me a couple of weeks ago:
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,309997.0.html
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,411914.0.html

Nice find, Breezie

Thanks for the id Breezie!!

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Reminds me of some kind of bridle strap buckle or one for traces somewhere. Seems pretty heavy duty.

I agree its some kind of trace horse buckle.

I dont know much about horse hardware but maybe a rein buckle? page 12- #188 http://www.leathersupply.com/downloads/catalog/HarnessHardware.pdf

 

[High Plains Digger]

#3 above looks like a dead ringer to me. Any closer and I would wonder if the subject had been put into the catalogue section for comparison.

 

[Ohio Jerry]

Thanks BCH! definately a rein buckle,it's a perfect match to the third buckle. So we now know what it is and thanks to Breezie,who made it!!