WW1 souvenir belt AIF with scarce 1AIR title
 

Latest find , WW1 german souvenir belt From an AIF soldier who was part of the 1st Infantry regiment 1AIR prior to WW1 hence the 1air title , he was WIA twice and returned back to Australia ,

All badges are in good order with a heavy dark patina .

Hope you like

1 AIR
 

A superb piece of Australian military history (in a Pom's opinion!). I hope that it remains untouched. l

Thanks for the kind words ! , it's an item I'll never part with

What a superb item, wonderful piece of history.
May I have a close up of the Ayrshire Yeomanry cap badge please? And the back as well if possible.
Many thanks for sharing this with us.

Cheers

Chris

Certainly

https://i.postimg.cc/3wXnQC5z/20220930-165929.jpg

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You're a star, thank you.
I'll compare it to my AY's later, see if it's a different pattern or not.
I love seeing badges like this, actually worn by serving soldiers in WW1.
Many thanks again

Chris

I see slick mick posted his 1AIR assortment on here , but ive never seen another

Nice looking belt, any idea why the buckle is the other way up to the badges.

Nice to the see the Leinsters variant with the Welsh regiment plumes instead of the correct ones.

Nice find

Is the Highland Light Infantry brass or tarnished white metal?

Rob

Post 8 because he's Australian in the other side of the world
very nice items

it's a sign of disrespect showing logos / emblems upside-down so it was probably done to show the german buckle in a negative way

Heavily tarnished, Could quite well be white metal , has 2 lugs

A question , any ideas of who this 3 badge belongs to ?

https://i.postimg.cc/G2nsD34B/20220930-114738.jpg

Hi,

Numeral "3" was possibly for 3rd (Darling Downs) Light Horse or 3rd (Port Curtis) Infantry.

Cheers, John