Original U.S. WWII 1st Infantry Division Custom Motorcyclist’s Kidney Belt with Battle Diary and Hand-Cut Leather 1st ID Insignia - Private Louis Hode, WIA, 624th Tank Destroyer Battalion Hotchkiss MG it does not function correctly

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Taking Neustadt and Ludwigshafen

Overall length: 24 3/8“

He called it the Hard Boiled Hat®

Original U.S. WWII 1st Infantry Division Custom Motorcyclist’s Kidney Belt with Battle Diary and Hand-Cut Leather 1st ID Insignia - Private Louis Hode, WIA, 624th Tank Destroyer Battalion Hotchkiss MG it does not function correctlyOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is the outstanding handmade leather kidney belt of Private Louis Hode, Recon Company, 624th Tank Destroyer Battalion, 1st Infantry Division, who fought as a motorcyclist with the Big Red One during World War II. Hode was severely wounded by artillery in the leg in November 1944. The belt, which has a three buckle closure, measures roughly 38 long and is 7 wide at the widest point in the center. The belt has two sets