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ww1 belts, p08

enfield · 2011-10-30 17:34:50

Why are these two belts modified in this way please?

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30-10-2011 6:34pm

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enfield

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Why are these two belts modified in this way please?

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#2 31-10-2011 1:19pm
arnhem44

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Fine robust belts Tom,with the tool helve attachements gone would it be possible that someone used them for civilan use rather than military?

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#3 31-10-2011 11:20pm
enfield

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Hi Brendan.
I have posed the question on the ww1 forum and they reckon they are modified to use with radio and were discussed before on that forum. They are just trying to locate the postings. If you look at the colour you will see they are the same colour used by the Irish Army up to the 1960's. As an ex-signaller I can say they were not used with Irish Army radios after 1972. I never seen '08 belts modified in this way anywhere.
Kind regards.
Tom.

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#4 01-11-2011 7:25pm
arnhem44

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Hi Tom,that's interesting.How did they use them in that way?,were they attached to the belts through the holes?

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#5 01-11-2011 7:48pm
enfield

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I really have no idea, sorry.
The guy I bought them off said he found them hanging up in an old barn.
Cheers.
Tom.

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