Belt black webbing brass keepersuniform, 2010, army

Assorted brass buckles and clips for belts and webbing

Item issued as part of a soldiers kit and equipment.Belt, webbing, khaki colour, brass buckles, brass keepers, brass fixers for length adjustment, rear has brass buckles for shoulder strap attachment.webbing, equipment, belts

Webbing beltuniform, 1960's, army

Webbing Beltequipment, vietnam, army

Webbing Beltequipment, ww1, army

Webbing Beltequipment, ww2, army

1 x inscribed with D.C.Hodge on back of belt. 1 x Inscribe with 10495 RAAF on back of belt. 1 x inscribed with Treasure .I.J 54391 Ex WA on back of belt. 1 x Z.Aglas 254803 on back of belt

Khaki canvas belt webbing with: 2x40mm grenade pouches, 2x 7.62mm ammo pouches, a shoulder harness, 3x canvass water bottle holders, a bayonet frog, a knife scabbardbelt webbing, individual equipment, sas

Webbing Belt Grenequipment, vietnam, army

Webbing Belt Blackequipment, army

White Webbing Beltuniform, ran

"Drab" webbing beltuniform, ww2, raaf

Khaki coloured adjustable webbing belt made of material webbing. Clasps are brass & are adjustable.webbing belt, army issue

1.& 2, Gaitors, webbing. Stained green - two straps - leather. Two brass buckles, old WW2 British pattern. 3. Belt, webbing. Stained green. Size large. Brass Buckles.1. & 2. Inside is stamped A. Chaloner (plus faint written as well). 3. CGCF ^ (1953) Large.post ww2, cmf

Australian webbing belt, blueuniform, 1970, ran

Webbing Belt Equipment Greenequipment, vietnam, army

Webbing Belt 37 patternequipment, ww2 to 1970's, army

Belt, webbing broad. Main part is dark blue cotton webbing with yellow & grey .7cm wide longitudinal stripes. The end pieces are of brown leather. The straps are leather feeding into leather bound buckles (2).uniforms - army, costume accessories - male, trades - leatherworking, passchendaele barracks trust

Poly Shirt with RAAMC Shoulder Tabs, Sergeant, RAAMC Lanyard (Dull cherry), Trousers, Skirt, Poly Belt, Dress webbing Belt, Tie, Parade Boots (u886f)uniform, army

This belt belonged to a WW1 Australian Anzac who most probably, because of the buttons and badges, served on the Western Front. Records destroyed in 1969 bush fires at Lara means we are unable to determine who owned this in the RSL. The belts is called a 'stable belt' and the one you have acquired is an early example with a leather pocket. It became common in WW1 for both, leather belts (especially that from the 1903 bandolier equipment as worn by those in the Boer War), and stable belts to be used to hold badges collected from fellow soldiers and for that reason it was often known as a 'souvenir belt'. The evolution of the stable belt: It seems that stable belts began to become popular across the Army as a whole around the turn of the 20th century, although they probably originated with the cavalry a little earlier sometime in the 1880s/1890s. All units at that time had horses on their establishment and those soldiers told off to attend them reported for Stable Parade in Stable Dress which consisted of very high waisted and pocket less breeches, or trousers, held up by braces and collarless, woollen flannel shirts with sleeves rolled up. This was to facilitate the rigorous physical effort and flexibility of movement necessary for mucking out and grooming. Braces at that time had no elastic as rubber was expensive, they were made of cotton with no 'give' whatsoever and so soldiers commonly allowed the braces to flop down from the waist so that they could bend over freely. For trousers that fitted loosely (due to the high waist) this meant that they tended to slip down and at first soldiers cinched them in with leather belts. Later on the regimental saddlers began to make belts from the same, plain canvas or wool strapping used for the horses Surcingle and utilising the same double leather strap and buckle arrangement for security (if one strap broke the other would hold and prevent the saddle from coming unseated). One particular feature of these early stable belts was a sewn on (or in) pocket, secured by a stud or clip, within which loose change could be kept, or a pocket watch, as there were no pockets in the breeches. As you might imagine these became very popular as the pocket was useful and the extra breadth afforded by the canvas strapping made them very comfortable. Around about the turn of the 20th century it began to be popular for officers to wear neckties in regimental colours both for sport and less formal, country dress. This habit probably began with the Queens Household troops and Line Cavalry, but quickly spread throughout the Army and it appears as if this use of regimental colours spread to the canvas or wool strapping used to make stable belts. For this reason the stable belts invariably followed the same colour scheme (but not always the same pattern arrangement) of regimental neck ties.This belt is an example of what Australian troops collected when on the Western Front during WW1 and when on leave.Webbing Belt with Badges and Buttons WW1See Mediaarmy, australian army, western front, aif, s.w.ellis, service number 640, 2 m.g.c., buttons, badges, belt, stable belt

Webbing Belt green US styleuniform, 1970, army

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Australian, webbing, belt & holster (Part UC017)equipment, ww2, raaf

Belt, blue narrow webbing, chrome buckleuniform, modern, ran