Original British WWI Souvenir Leather Belt with 16 Attached Buttons, Badges & Insignia U.S. Flare Guns specifically for use in booby-traps

specifically for use in booby-traps

replaced the Colt 1860 Army Percussion revolver

Reverse bears an oak leaf cluster with the date of the decoration’s institution

Totally original and color faded showing use from just after the fall of Emperor Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo up until the Crimean War of the 1850s

The stock still has a very nice polished glow

Original British WWI Souvenir Leather Belt with 16 Attached Buttons, Badges & Insignia U.S. Flare Guns specifically for use in booby-trapsOriginal Item: One of a kind. American soldiers were known for their love of souvenirs in the Great War; So, a lot of material history of the war came across the Atlantic with returning soldiers. Among collectors of military memorabilia from World War One "SOUVENIR BELTS" are items of interest. German soldiers' leather belts, and other belts from participating armies, that were festooned with buttons from soldiers uniforms are called Hate Belts