WW 1 BAR bandoleer

**duchamp** · 10-13-2008, 07:33 PM

i got this at a yard sale over the summer, does anyone know its value or rarity?

**Jason L** · 10-14-2008, 03:33 AM

I am no expert, but that does not look 90 years old.

**duchamp** · 10-14-2008, 04:28 AM

it is absolutely mint, i got it for $1 so if it is a clever forgery it was for naught! i would think someone here could tell by the markings...

**Adrian Stevenson** · 10-14-2008, 08:03 AM

It looks absolutly fine. I have owned WW1 dated US gear back in the 1980's when I collected US kit that was equally in mint condition.

Sorry I cannot help on current values.

Cheers, Ade.

**hippojumbo** · 08-21-2013, 02:31 AM

could be a grenade bag. the BAR was trialled in 1918 in France by John Browning's son, Val. There was a special belt issued for the BAR that had a butt pocket for "walking fire" and several pockets for the 20-round magazines.