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Railroad belt buckle
Posted by GS4 4-8-4 on Friday, September 8, 2023 6:42 AM

Hello my uncle has a belt buckle and he was looking for any information on it there isn't a year it was made or a railroad line on it 

(I couldn't get the image but if you copy the link it should show)

https://ibb.co/XY7zVyW

https://ibb.co/Vj5HSZj

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Posted by NVSRR on Friday, September 8, 2023 8:13 AM

Looking at the date Of 1869. My first thought is UP.   But 5e back has the railroaders insurance mark.  So maybe that is not a railroad but the railroaders insurance company that issued the buckle.

 

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Friday, September 8, 2023 9:04 AM

I do not know anything about railroad collectables, but here is the picture:

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Posted by maxman on Friday, September 8, 2023 10:56 AM

I don't think that was made in 1869.  It says since 1869, so probably made around 1969.

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Posted by tstage on Friday, September 8, 2023 11:09 AM

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Posted by IRONROOSTER on Friday, September 8, 2023 11:28 AM

Back of the buckle has a copyright of 1977.  So it's at least that year or later.

 

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Posted by maxman on Friday, September 8, 2023 12:17 PM

If they're celebrating 100 years, that makes it about 1969.  I don't know why they would wait another 8 years.

I think it more likely that the 1977 date is the date when someone decided to mount the buckle on the plate and sell them that way.  So if I were a belt buckle collector I'd say that the original would have more value because it was not welded onto the plate.

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Posted by kasskaboose on Friday, September 8, 2023 2:44 PM

Nice searching everyone. 

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Posted by NittanyLion on Friday, September 8, 2023 7:38 PM

maxman
If they're celebrating 100 years, that makes it about 1969.  I don't know why they would wait another 8 years.

Because it says "over 100," so it must be any point after 1970. I've never seen that sort of phrasing used for a centennial. 

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Posted by Overmod on Friday, September 8, 2023 8:12 PM

It's astounding how little there is on the Web about this company -- there are all sorts of references to it in various places.

It appears that they moved into their 'last' office space in a building renovated in 1977, at 23900 Commerce Park Rd. in Beachwood, OH (a suburb of Cleveland).  FWIW their office number was (216) 821-7870.  They may have shut down operations in the period from 1987 to 1988, perhaps by merger or acquisition.

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