Original U.S. Spanish-American War Hate Belt Made with 44 U.S., Cuban, & Spanish Buttons Category_MG 42 Bolt & Barrel Assembly 52nd Artillery

52nd Artillery

with both the regular RZM code and the SS RZM code

Firestone Tire and Rubber Company

modified with Weimar era shoulder straps which bear the correct Waffenamt for the era

However there is most likely oxidation on contact and other components

Original U.S. Spanish-American War Hate Belt Made with 44 U.S., Cuban, & Spanish Buttons Category_MG 42 Bolt & Barrel Assembly 52nd ArtilleryOriginal Item. One of a Kind. What we know as Hate Belts became popularized at the end of World War I, with primarily American soldiers collecting German buttons & badges and mounting them onto captured German belts. The idea, however, was not new, and this example of a Spanish belt adorned with 44 U. S., Spanish, & Cuban uniform buttons proves the ideas use at least 2 decades prior. This belt, in very cracked and tattered condition, has 39 buttons