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People often ask me, why did you call your group Got Mittens? Well, here’s the reason why...

Gary was a great guy, moderator for Got Mittens, friend, collector and all round good guy. Sadly, died Feb 2019, taken far too soon. RIP mate, will raise a glass to you tonight and think about all the good natured banter we shared online.

Ok, here's the script. This group is about sharing of knowledge and helping fellow buckle collectors. It is not for profiteering. @george feindel posted a Postchutz buckle here for sale for $850 whereas it was on his dealer website for $500. He was questioned about it, had the chance to explain or adjust, he did not. That really goes against the spirit of this group, it is NOT acceptable... @george feindelis no longer welcome here. Also banned from our FB group too...

Welcome back to the true home of Got Mittens. No censorship, no deleting profiles, just sharing knowledge and our mutual love of collecting German buckles.. Onwards and upwards…

Welcome to the Got Mittens web forum... earky days, but it's work in progress.

This is the last thing he sent me via Messenger, for some reason, the entire conversation, and all correspondence is gone...

Nice, I'm going along .... waiting for display and educational things to happen and appear so I can fill them up with what I have to offer. ( educational) not selling.

Should there be a topic / forum on here for any dodgy or fake sales that are spotted to warn everyone not to buy? Just wondering as that would be useful to us newbies who could possibly get stung by unscrupulous dealers.

Definetly a place for it, let me think where though...

Looks like some FB monkey is really upset with you!

I think we should start threads or sub-forums for Lufty Monday, SAturday, SSunday, etc. where we can post random photos of our collection that don't deserve an own thread? My contribution for LUFTschutz monday:

@Lenny Warren Lufty Monday Heer Friday SA Saturday SS Sunday Tuesday and Wed are free for all 😁

What a great idea ❤❤😎

Just finding my way around here.. early days for me too!! 👍👍

Ok already checked it with the PC and works fine. Will check tonight if there is any security breach or something.

Sigh, I've been removed from Facebook again, I can't be arsed with this anymore. They won't tell me what I posted, when I posted it, but I never show swastikas etc... Anyway, looks like I'm back here to stay...

Great idea Pete 😎

Everyone should have this book, it's not perfect but it's the closest we have. I was honoured to have known Peter and his son James, who were both supporters of Got Mittens. https://www.amazon.co.uk/German-Belt-Buckles-1845-1945-Enlisted/dp/0764318705

I’d have a go!

Great idea @meganie Can you and @Sarah - Lufty Queen work out a list of Mon-Sunday? 😉

How strange that he would try to fleece belt buckle collectors who typically know the value of these types of buckles. This isn't Ebay....Anyways: Good call Lenny. Sending him packing was definitely the right thing to do. Cheers! Rob

Certainly think it should be under the applicable forum, 👍

How do I start a buckle-pictures databank ? Per categorie ? Marc

Just keep clicking things, you can’t break it. 😉 im just setting up a proper gallery so that’ll be here soon...

Open the topic and select 'New Topic'..

Marc, let me see what I can do for you.. are you using a cell or PC which shouldn't matter..

I'm open to ideas on this. There is a paid plugin which creates decent photo galeries in here, so we could have a gallery for Imperials, one for Heers etc. The M4 codes, would be good to have a reference area for this sort of data, thoughts?

Hey Hey!! Nice to be on board! Thanks for putting this together Lenny. Very exciting!! Going to have to get posting! ;) Rob