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

an auxiliary magazine spring was added to assist in reloading

this group later joined up with an element of Company B led by Lieutenant Walter Taylor in the attack on the fortified Chateau at Vierville

and has the standard “W” painted on the front and back of the helmet

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

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