You gotta be careful or this buckle will get fetched right off your belt! The entire sterling background is covered in elaborate hand-engraved and stamped floral scrollwork with spiral, leaf, crosshatch, and stipple patterns, finished with a scalloped border edge.
Sterling silver It features US Army Airborne of the most emblematic symbol. Airborne forces are military units, usually light infantry, set up to be moved by aircraft and “dropped” into battle, typically by parachute.
The multi-technique construction — combining Hopi-influenced overlay piercing with Navajo corrugated stampwork — reflects the cross-tribal design vocabulary popular among skilled Navajo smiths in the 1970s-1990s era.