Hi everyone, just got back from my local antiques shop with several pieces for which I paid very little, including this rather nice strap. Does anyone know what the strap was used for? Also what is the stamped marking on the back?
Many thanks, Doug
Interesting 'Ypres' marked strap
Hi everyone, just got back from my local antiques shop with several pieces for which I paid very little, including this rather nice strap. Does anyone know what the strap was used for? Also what is the stamped marking on the back?
Many thanks, Doug
Looks like a bedroll strap that got some additional trench art added, only a guess.
Probably been re used for holding up a pair of trousers at sometime or another I reckon.
'I do not think we can hope for any better thing now.
We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker of course, and the end cannot be far.
It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more. R. SCOTT.
Last Entry - For God's sake look after our people.'
In memory of Capt. Robert Falcon Scott, Edward Wilson, Henry Bowers, Lawrence Oates and Edgar Evans. South Pole Expedition, 30th March 1912.
Looks like it might be (I emphasize might be) a P14 shoulder brace that has been personalized and has a buckle added.
Joe Sweeney
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