Original U.S. Spanish-American War Hate Belt Made with 44 U.S., Cuban, & Spanish Buttons Category_MG 42 Bolt & Barrel Assembly modified with Weimar era shoulder

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

Firestone Tire and Rubber Company

The field pack's placement at the rear of the pistol belt led to it being referred to colloquially as the "butt pack

indicating that Eisenhuette Silesia in Paruschowitz Oberschlesien manufactured it

Original U.S. Spanish-American War Hate Belt Made with 44 U.S., Cuban, & Spanish Buttons Category_MG 42 Bolt & Barrel Assembly modified with Weimar era shoulderOriginal 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