WW1 hate belt, found today, has us army dog tag

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Not sure if this is the right section, so if I'm wrong please put it in right section, I think it meets the criteria. I pick up this ww1 hate belt, it has a ww1 us dog tag. The name is scratched out. I believe this was done so the veterans name wasn't reveled maybe a family member didn't want the name to be known. The belt also includes a us signal corp disk. This consider to be a bring back. Missing the ww1 belt buckle. This had lots of buttons, all fastened with wire on back. I tried to make out the name, it looks like de Avery.

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[easterneagle87]

GREAT BELT!!

[268th C.A.]

Yeah! These are always cool to see.

[bobgee]

Neat!

[MTracey]

Very cool!

[awo41]

I have a ww1 group which has the unit name of the owner scratched out on the dog tag. Security reasons? I don't know

[1st Sgt CES]

Great Belt--Nice Find---Blue Skies Mark

[vonmoen]

Great find, those are hard to come by these days.

[katieony]

Really neat item...congratulations!

[cutiger83]

Why is this called a "hate" belt?

 

...Kat

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From what I'm told by a friend of mine, who's a ww1 collector it most likely called a kill belt after killing a enemy they would take a button or a badge and attach it to there belt like a trophy. Soldiers wanted a souvenir this idea caught on , the french started making them as souvenirs to sell to the doughboys. The original name morphed into hate belt somehow. Even though made up there still pretty rare.

 

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[cutiger83]

Interesting...Thanks for the explanation.....Kat

[44-63963]

great find and a very rare item indeed thanx