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Posted: 2/21/2020 2:51:31 PM EDT

Hello everyone. I have a belt that I inherited with my great grandfather's Trench Knife and helmet from WWI. I can't find anything similar to it online and I'm trying to figure out what it is and possibly the value for insurance purposes. Does anyone here know what this is? I know the names are battles from WWI and they are in chronological order from left to right so I'm guessing this is some kind of trench art commerating these battles? Feel free to IM me with any questions. Thanks!

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Posted: 2/23/2020 8:49:58 PM EDT

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I have no answers to your questions but just wanted to say how cool that is. War folk art.

Posted: 3/17/2020 12:41:51 PM EDT

[#2]

Looks to be a British pattern stable belt. That rounded shape of the pouch flap is very British.

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Posting here would probably get you a lot more info.

http://www.stablebelts.co.uk/stablebeltevo.html

•The Souvenir Stable Belt. In WW1 it became common for soldiers to collect the badges and shoulder titles of various units and secure them to belts thus commemorating all those units with which they had contact. Both normal leather and stable belts were used for this, but the latter was most popular as the extra depth of the stable belt allowed for more badges to be affixed.

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