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Strange Leather Belt Of Sorts
Those hooks on the end make me think German but I haven't the foggiest clue. I was unable to locate any stamps or makers marks. Any ideas?
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01-10-2014 10:18 AM
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Likely civilian, no military issued anything like it. It is possible that it could have been "custom made" by a unit harness maker for a member of some military unit but not likely, the work is well done but not quite at a professional level. Sorry.
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How about something out of Yugoslavia...(Former) They used exactly that sort of thing, depending on which exact unit you dealt with.
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Very interesting Jim.....
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Thank You to gew8805 For This Useful Post:
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This one appears to adjust size by the hooks shown doesn't it? Rather than having a standard plate or buckle, this one has the hooks, unless I miss my guess. Hopefully, Unheilig will step in and get me straight on this.
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I admit, some better pictures would be helpful. I'll take a few tomorrow when I have more light. Oddly enough, the belt holes on this piece are set up like your average everyday belt. They are all in one row. All of the German belts I've seen usually always had two rows of holes. I was thinking that perhaps those hooks were there to hold the buckle in place and the buckle itself had a post that you'd lock into a hole on the belt that matched the size you needed.
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I think the buckles have a couple little pegs and then set on the belt. The hooks go into the back of the buckle and the end of the belt goes through the loop...
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I appreciate the help and you are indeed correct. I just found a picture of a complete German belt and they do not attach the way I thought they did. With that said, I suppose it's back to the drawing board. Some country, somewhere had to have used a belt like this but like you mentioned, it could just be a simple civilian type-job or perhaps it's not even a belt to begin with. Ah well, the help was appreciated. I'll spend the day sifting through Google images in hopes of finding a match.
Last edited by Unheilig; 01-12-2014 at 11:55 AM.
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