Original U.S. Spanish-American War Hate Belt Made with 41 Cuban & Spanish Buttons Cleaned & Complete Antique Guns There is wear and past

There is wear and past corrosion overall

A very rare and interesting weapon that may very well have seen service in the SULTAN's household

and transferred to the Macedonian front to fight for the Entente

serial number 210492B indicates that it was manufactured in 1886

and contained in an original 1943 dated M6 leather Scabbard by Milwaukee Saddlery Co

Original U.S. Spanish-American War Hate Belt Made with 41 Cuban & Spanish Buttons Cleaned & Complete Antique Guns There is wear and pastOriginal 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 41 Spanish & Cuban uniform buttons proves the ideas use at least 2 decades prior. This belt, in very cracked and tattered condition, has 36 buttons and 5 star