Original U.S. WWI Souvnier Badge and Button Uniform Trouser Belt British Helmets Either has no middle barrel

Either has no middle barrel band or it has a painted black stripe to simulate this band

Between each cartridge in the belt was a brass strip

A large variety of individual equipment

clear optics example is nicely marked as follows:

Historical records like this album have become priceless time capsules that provide an incomparable level of insight into the individual experience of the Second World War

Original U.S. WWI Souvnier Badge and Button Uniform Trouser Belt British Helmets Either has no middle barrelOriginal Item: One of a kind. This is a standard World War One U. S. issue web trouser belt with a Russell Manufacturing Company buckle. However, the soldier created a souvenir trench art style belt by amassing 25 buttons, badges and medals and attaching them to this belt. The belt may have belonged to a French solider as the final piece bears a French WW1 dog tag that reads PIOUT LOUIS 1893. The pieces range in nationality from U. S., British,