The point here is this is a dealer controlled and orchistrated auction and no mention was made that I can find that's apparent about the rarety of this particular buckle.("a scarce buckle?") If it is in fact a rare item I would think this would be a prominent point made in the description. You're the guy who purportedy wrote the book on political items. Isn't this a bit of an oversight from a group of "experts" who are supposed to provide irrefutable evidence of originality with your "board of experts" ?
http://www.empiremilitaryaucti...om/detail.asp?id=792
Jim