Original British WWI Leather Belt in Embroidered Trench Art Sleeve with Welsh Regiment Badge Vickers MMG It was based in part

It was based in part on the "split breech" action produced by Remington during the United States Civil War

The maker was the Toyokawa Arsenal and it comes complete with its original cardboard packaging tube

with its characteristic 'touch of elbows'

French Indo China

but no major structural issues or large dents

Original British WWI Leather Belt in Embroidered Trench Art Sleeve with Welsh Regiment Badge Vickers MMG It was based in partOriginal Item: One of a kind. This is a lovely example of WWI British Trench art, in the form of an embroidered sleeve for a leather belt. It has 8 panels in total, including one that reads FRANCE 1916 7 8, indicating where the soldier was serving, and presumably where the belt was made. The other panels include decorations, what looks to be a dog or cat, a Naval Anchor, a butterfly, a battleship, and a yellow panel with a red swas surrounded by tiny