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Original Item: Only One Available. WWI U.S. Army Model 1910 Garrison Belt with Matching Cartridge Pouches (matching right down to the date!). One of the most attractive, and sought after, pieces of early U.S. web gear! This belt is in extraordinary service-used condition. The back of the belt is marked to the 3rd Engineer Regiment with a great stencil of the Engineer Castle.
Canvas is in excellent slightly used condition, considering the age of the belt. There are no signs of dry rot and the khaki color is nice and rich, showing little signs of fading. All brass pieces have some of the original blacking, with the “U.S.” still retaining the original gilding. All snaps are fully functional.
The 3rd Engineer Battalion is a unit of the United States Army that deploys to designated contingency areas and conducts combat and/or stability operations in support of a brigade combat team. It is composed of two combat engineer companies, one signal, one military intelligence, and a headquarters company. Its mission is to provide assured mobility, counter-mobility, general engineering, survivability support, military intelligence, and connectivity support to deploy anywhere at any time. The unit has a history dating to 1901.
The 3rd BEB was initially organized as the 3rd Battalion of Engineers on 25 March 1901, at Fort Totten, New York. On 1 July 1916, the battalion was reorganized as the 3rd Engineer Regiment, with portions serving in the Philippines, Hawaii, and Panama.
In April 1921, the regiment assembled in Hawaii and became the engineer component of the Hawaiian Division; the 3rd Engineers did most of the military construction on the island of Oahu.
One of the finer specimens we have ever had the pleasure of offering. This would be near impossible to upgrade!
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