#21 • Hercules Powder Company Belt Buckle

Part of Ammunition and Knife Online Auction (timed auction by Linkous Auction Group)

High bid $35.00

Status: Sold

Brass Hercules Powder Company belt buckle with a raised figure of Hercules carrying a bundle of dynamite sticks alongside the company name and the date 1912, marked on the reverse as a 1976 Bicentennial Edition made in the USA, and retains its original cardboard box. Hercules Powder Company was a major American explosives and chemical manufacturer founded in 1912, and commemorative buckles like this were popular promotional and collectible items in the 1970s. The buckle shows a pleasing aged bronze patina with crisp detail to the relief design and no notable damage.