Original German WWI Era Prussian Province of Saxony Fire Department Officer's Belt MP 34 The serial 42-9571 is written

The serial 42-9571 is written in period ink

but there has been no post-manufacture sharpening that we can see

Bernards brandy barrel

The scabbard is a classic example

The Baker system simplified many elements of the standard musket in that the butt was not cut as a bannister rail

Original German WWI Era Prussian Province of Saxony Fire Department Officer's Belt MP 34 The serial 42-9571 is writtenOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice WWI Era German Fire Department Officer's belt, from the Province of Saxony, also known as Prussian Saxony. This is an area of Prussia that had once been part of the Kingdom of Saxony, but was ceded or returned to Prussia in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna. These belts would be worn with the standard fire officer's uniform of the time. The belt is fabricated from a thick leather, smooth dark brown