Original Canadian WWI Canvas and Leather Hate Belt Category_Snider Rifles & Bayonets as used by British Officers

as used by British Officers in the Boer War and the Great War of 1914 - 1918

so it is unfortunately to definitively say whether this is a WWI or WWII lighter

and due also to heavier than expected German resistance

when aircraft flew overhead

Original Canadian WWI Canvas and Leather Hate Belt Category_Snider Rifles & Bayonets as used by British OfficersOriginal Item: One of a kind. American soldiers were known for their love of souvenirs in the Great War; So, a lot of material history of the war came across the Atlantic with returning soldiers. Among collectors of military memorabilia from World War One "HATE BELTS" are items of interest. German soldiers' leather belts, and other belts from participating armies, that were festooned with buttons from soldiers uniforms are called Hate Belts Souvenir