Prussian Double Headed Eagle ? - British & Commonwealth Military Badge Forum

jfenzy1 · #1 28-09-19, 07:09 PM

Hello Guys,
Does anybody recognise this badge ? I would be grateful for help to identify and date it if possible please. Many Thanks for looking.

btns · #2 28-09-19, 08:31 PM

It shows the Imperial Austro Hungarian coat of arms

jfenzy1 · #3 29-09-19, 06:45 AM

Thank you for that....i have now managed to track down the same badge in a picture on the internet.....but that one is attached to a belt buckle with no other information other than Austro - Hungarian, so at least now I am on the right track thanks to your help.
Regards, Jim.

Exiazero · #4 29-09-19, 09:20 AM

Perhaps this might help. For now, I would estimate its earliest date to the late 19th Century (c. 1890s). Some similar badges are seen at the Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna.

jfenzy1 · #5 30-09-19, 06:41 PM

I may be wrong, but now leaning towards this badge as having been removed from a belt buckle. I think anything worn on the helmet would have been much bigger than this one, as per the pictures shown. Any other thoughts on this ?

leigh kitchen · #6 30-09-19, 06:45 PM

Could be. The only brass belt plates I've seen have been one piece stampings, the badge hasn't been attached, but I don't know much about them.

jfenzy1 · #7 01-10-19, 01:55 PM

There are plenty of examples of exactly the same badge stamped on "Austro Hungarian belt buckles" on the internet....but no examples of one as a separate badge, so I am still looking to pinpoint what this was or is.
Jim