Help to ID this belt buckle. User? Age?

[Boy Howdy]

Wondering if anyone can tell me about this buckle?

I was lucky enough to find what I think is the original keeper in the box O' stuff.

Thank you all in advance

[Gwar]

Very interesting buckle...

[Boy Howdy]

Thank you Gwar.

[Tonomachi]

This is a Spanish Civil War worn Nationalist Elite belt buckle model 31.  The emblem on the front is that of the Spanish Foreign Legion.   There is an earlier version with a crown in the middle representing King Alfonso XIII.  However during the Second Republic of 1931 the crown was removed.  

[Gwar]

The Legion Espanola, the axe, crossbow and wheelock  ..I hope this helps a bit.. G

[Gwar]

Tonomachi, within minutes of each other !

[Boy Howdy]

Thank you Gwar, Tonomachi.

So this would date between 1931 and 1936?

Very nice to know. I guess it's a keeper.

 

[Boy Howdy]

Knowing the other buckle is Spanish Civil War can I surmise that this belt and buckle are too?

 

[Tonomachi]

I would say maybe.  I believe this type of design is still in use by the Spanish Military but goes back to the Spanish Civil War of the 1930s.  I found another on the Internet with a different crown design.  I've seen a number of these surplus buckles like the one you have for sale at insignia shows and flea markets so there is probably a way of dating them but I don't know how to date them.

 

 

 

 

[Boy Howdy]

I believe that is an Alphonso XIII crown, so pre SCW/Franco.