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Belt
Accession Number NWHRM : 5121
Description
Leather belt with brass buckle inlaid with tin or alloy medallion; leather has been scored with lengthy inscriptions on both sides including 'ENGLAND DECLARED WAR AUGUST 4TH 1914', 'IRISH REBELLION APRIL 5TH 1916', 'J.R.K.', 'PEACE PROCLAIMED', 'ENEMIES AND ALLIES' and names of countries and locations of battles; buckle medallion engraved 'FURCHTLOS UND TREW'; made by 17357, Private J R King of the 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment, August 1917.
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Kaiser Wilhelm II ruled over a Germany which still recognised individual land or state armies. Helmet plates and belt buckles carried different symbols and mottoes, "Furchtlos und Treu", Fearless and True, being Wurttemberg's. This belt provided an ideal way of recording events and passing time. Long periods of boredom was often part of a soldier's life. Private King sustained a gunshot wound in the right shoulder in December 1917 and was sent to hospital in Britain.
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