Original Turkish WWI Ottoman Army EM/NCO German Pattern Belt Buckle Japanese Military Maps SIMSON & COSUHL

SIMSON & COSUHL

The left chest bears an original 23rd Fighter Group insignia which appears be be Chinese made and hand embroidered

they would be changed around and have items swapped to better suit the needs of a certain mission or theater

"Big Week" was the name of an intense Eighth and Fifteenth Air Forces series of attacks on Germany in a series of co-ordinated raids on the German aircraft industry

and other components are marked with shortened number 60 or 60C

Original Turkish WWI Ottoman Army EM/NCO German Pattern Belt Buckle Japanese Military Maps SIMSON & COSUHLOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of a rare Turkish Ottoman Army enlisted mans belt and buckle. During the first world war, Turkey was allied with Germany as part of the Central powers, and received much aid from them in way of arms and other material. Turkey had long used German Mauser Rifles, and much of their field gear was patterned directly off the German model. The belts used by the Ottoman army were essentially