An Unusual Modified Afrika Korps Compartment Webbed Belt; Published Auction Archive Crooks served in the Portuguese

Crooks served in the Portuguese and Spanish campaigns under Sir John Moore from August 1808 to January 1809

335 officers and men of that division were killed in action or died of wounds

this configuration indicates that this tunic is that of a First War Veteran and pilot

Hampshire Regiment (Officer's Pattern)

In cast bronzed steel

An Unusual Modified Afrika Korps Compartment Webbed Belt; Published Auction Archive Crooks served in the PortugueseBelt fabricated from a strip of thick green webbed cotton, with a 595 mm long concealed zipper compartment stitched in place on the reverse, the wide sides of the zipper in green cotton, green painted magnetic metal receiving clip on the left end held firmly in place where the belt wraps around to the reverse and is stitched in place, thick green webbed cotton tab stitched in place on the underside on the right end, the tab with seven rows of two