[Belt Buckle] BMW M, Leather Blue Red

Object/Artifact

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Canadian Energy Museum

[Belt Buckle] BMW M, Leather Blue Red - Front: View of the front.
[Belt Buckle] BMW M, Leather Blue Red - Front

View of the front.

Name/Title

[Belt Buckle] BMW M, Leather Blue Red

Entry/Object ID

2020.1.218

Tags

1970s, 1980s, BMW Monarch, Lloydminster, Oil Field, Oil Workers, Leather, Alberta

Description

Oval shaped metal belt with a custom leather covering, Branded to BMW/M or BMW Monarch Ltd Features: An oval belt buckle made from metal with a custom leather covering. The buckle is concave in shape. ***It will be noted up front that the metal underneath the leather cover is unknown in condition and detail. The term buckle will be used to describe the leather cover as a part of the overall structure.*** Overall design:Border of the buckle is surrounded by a woven dark brown leather cord Join together the together the two pieces of leather that make up the cover. Front Design: Front of buckle has tan stained, leather making up the majority of the surface. Logo Consist of a square painted blue border that is slightly raised. Inside text shows a red painted 'BMW'. Underneath this is a blue line and under that is a large stretched out blue 'M'. Inside the border of the logo has been lightly stained with a watered down brown dye anywhere without the coloured paint. Front was likely treated with a leather sealer or finish Back Details: The back of the buckle has a light tan color to the leather and has no leather stain like the front. Hook is a curved piece of flattened metal. the shape of the hinge is a flatten mushroom shape with a fully concealed hinge holding it in place. Both the hinge and hook have snug hole cut into the leather Old Description: (Kelsey Dalrymple, 3 June 2020) BMW Monarch. Leather oval belt buckle with red and blue text.

Collection

Gordon McQuaig Collection

Cataloged By

Kylee Semenoff

Category

Belt Buckles
Accessories

Acquisition

Accession

2020.1

Acquisition Method

Found

Made/Created

Time Period

20th Century

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Buckle, Belt

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Buckle, Clothing

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Clothing Accessories

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Dimensions

Height

72 mm

Width

99 mm

Depth

16 mm

Dimension Notes

Excluding back elements, the thickness of the belt buckle is 5.5 mm.

Materials

Material

Leather, Metal

Material Notes

Metal unknown. Genuine leather.

Color

Brown, Tan, Blue, Red

Condition

Reason for Exam

Accession

Overall Condition

Good

Condition Detail

Adhesive Residue, Stains, Paint Loss/Missing, Scratch

Date Examined

Jun 14, 2023

Examined By

Kylee Semenoff

Cleanliness

3 big patches of adhesive residue on the back. 2 patches are on either side of the hook and a large patch under the accession number to the outer side of the hinge. Top of hinge has hardened adhesive residue that has yellowed. Leather above hinge has a speck of light blue paint or residue.

Surface

Front logo has 4 main patches of paint loss. the left line of the blue square has loss in the middle. The red M has large patch of loss. The middle blue line has loss. The big blue M has 2 small patches of loss. These two patches seam to be result of a scratch in the blue M's Paint. This scratch is distinct and can be felt for a raised edge.

Materials

Leather is in very good condition and the structure of the weaving is currently sound.

Mechanism

Hinge moves freely and loosely

Created By

Danielle P. Lane

Create Date

March 26, 2023

Updated By

kaschaos@outlook.com

Update Date

June 14, 2023