Hi guys, I am looking for info on hate belts from WWI. I have a nice one that my great-grandfather brought back at the end of the war and I am wondering what inspired them. Also, A question on WWI German belt buckels, The hate belt has an interesting buckle on it. It is stamped with the usual "Gott Mit Uns" but is 4 1\2 in long and each end has a metal loop riveted into it, any ideas? I also have one that is stamped "IN TREUE FEST", what would this be for. Thanks in advance for any help.
Hi Steve--that sounds like a ww1 vets organization belt buckle. By the way--ill have your book out soon--as soon as I have time to mail it. [ 13. August 2003, 03:58 PM: Message edited by: C.Evans ]
I think its a WW1 buckle from a Wurtemburg regiment; I have found a few them here on the Somme over the years. The 'hate belts' in the British Army were made up by soldiers in the field; they were called this because you put on every badge aside from you own regiment - the assumption being that regimental pride made you hate every other mob but your own!
Hi Sommecourt; This belt came from a German officer and the buttons belong to 48 different Allied soldiers.
