Vintage Bakelite Shoe Buckles. buad059

Vintage carved bakelite shoe buckles. Circa 1930s-1940s 2 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches Stamped Bté SGDG FRANCE. Bté. SGDG: means "patented." It is shortened from the phrase Breveté Sans Garantie du Gouvernement which means "Patented without State Guarantee."