2004-09
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/31/2004
Lot of 11 items from World Wars One and Two. Early web belt with US-embossed leather holster, 5" x 10 1/2", ca. 1917. Fine condition...Plus; 3 leather holsters, 4" x 7" to 5 1/2" x 11 1/2", early 20th century. VG condition...Plus; 2 small web belt pouches, 4 1/2" x 6", dated 1912 and 1918. VG condition...Plus; Small WWI relic group in a manila envelope bearing the following message: "Shell fragments from Kemmel Hill, highest point in Flanders, a key position S.E. of Ypres, stormed by German troops April 25, 1918. Also barbed wire and shrapnel balls from Messines Ridge, where 19 mines were exploded June 7, 1917, which were heard in England. A K (Alton Ketchum) was there in 1926 and wrote a feature about it syndicated by NEA." Good condition...Plus; 2 pieces of insignia, 2 shell casings, a mess kit knife, and a small group of printed materials including two recruitment posters. Fair to Good condition.
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