One New Well Made GOLD AND NICKEL Solid Metal Belt Buckle 1946 Year.    

       All belt buckles are New and Sturdy thick Strong buckles.

       The Craftmanship is really nice

       The buckle is all one piece. There is no soldering.

       All belt buckles measure 3 and 1/2 half of an inch wide by 2 and 1/4 of an inch tall.

       Belt buckles will fit up to an 1 1/2 half of an inch Standard Belt.

       Just to be sure the belt will need metal snaps or a screw to attach belt buckle. We sell a extremely durable high quality leather belt different sizes you can check our items.

                In 1948 United Artists released Red River. Was of an Rancher Tom Dunson played (John Wayne) Growing a cattle empire from Early West Days.  During his cattle experience he become close to his adopted son played by Montgomery Clift.  Red river is the cattle Brand for the ranch and is a D with two wavy lines representing the banks of a river Howard Hawks "HWH" was director of movie and inventor of the Red River D Belt Buckle that he created for Wayne and cast members of the Red River Movie Cast.

                John Wayne wore a Red River D Belt buckle in a number of movies including Rio Bravo, El Dorado, Rio Lobo all were directed by Howard Hawks and his initials HWH Red River D Gold and Silver Belt Buckle that Mr. Wayne wore.

                John Wayne and Director Hawks exchanged each others belt buckles with their own initials and they did this cause of respect and for admiration for each other.

So the Duke wore this buckle with HWH in several other movies.