WWII SAM BROWNE BELT

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WWII US ARMY OFFICER SAM BROWNE BELT (1940) NOS MINT! w. BOX SET “RARE!”
WWII US ARMY OFFICER SAM BROWNE BELT (1940) NOS MINT! w. BOX SET “RARE!”
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From a private WWII museum collection of over 20 years, featuring all types of original WWII period clothing, equipment and assorted military pieces, as well as a variety of reproduction items, uniforms, equipment, and European military surplus.  All items have been part of a variety of WWII displays. This private WWII museum collection is being sold off.   The following item is offered for sale  –
WWII US ARMY OFFICER SAM BROWNE BELT (1940) NOS MINT! w. BOX SET “RARE!”
ADDITIONAL 24 PICTURE GALLERY INCLUDED
FROM THE WWII COLLECTION:
THIS IS AN ORIGINAL PRE-WWII U.S. ARMY OFFICER’S
SERVICE “SAM BROWNE” BELT IN >
(NOS) NEW OLD-STOCK UN-ISSUED MINT CONDITION.
THIS BELT SET ORIGINALLY CAME FROM A 1940 DATED
PHILADELPHIA QUARTERMASTER DEPOT
MARKED SHIPPING CRATE, WHICH CONFIRMED ITS MAKER & DATE OF MANUFACTURE.
MY DAD PURCHASED THIS SET MANY YEARS AGO FROM A COLLECTOR OUT OF BROCKTON, MA WHO HAD BEEN COLLECTING WWII MILITARIA SINCE THE 1960’s.
THOUGH UN-MARKED, THIS SAM BROWNE BELT
WAS MANUFACTURED BY THE
PHILADELPHIA QUARTER MASTER DEPOT IN 1940.
RESEARCH FOUND AT LEAST 6 CONTRACTORS THAT
MANUFACTURED U.S. ARMY OFFICER’S SERVICE
“SAM BROWNE” BELTS DURING THE LATER
INTER-WAR YEARS, BETWEEN 1935-1941.
THE FOLLOWING WERE KNOWN TO HAVE MANUFACTURED SAM BROWNE BELTS
BETWEEN 1935 – 1941 >>>>
PHILADELPHIA QUARTERMASTER DEPOT<<<
JEFFERSONVILLE QUARTERMASTER DEPOT
COLT-CROMWELL OF BOSTON, MA
LILLY-AMES MANUFACTURING OF OHIO
AN UNKNOWN COMPANY
- SAM BROWNE BELTS
(SHIPPED IN RED BOX WITH BLACK BELT LOGO)
AN UNKNOWN COMPANY
– SAM BROWNE BELTS
SHIPPED IN LIGHT BROWN BOXES MARKED >
(MILITARY LEATHER SAM BROWNE BELT)
U.S. ARMY OFFICER’S SERVICE SAM BROWNE BELTS
CAME AS FOLLOWED.
THEY WERE MANUFACTURED AS AN INTERGRATED BELT WITH ADDITIONAL TABS/D-RINGS TO SUPPORT A SHOULDER-CROSS STRAP AND ALSO A FROG TO COMBINE WITH A SEPERATE
NOT INCLUDED CHAIN HANGER ASSEMBLY,
TO CARRY A DRESS OFFICER'S 1902 SWORD
**** FROGS WITH ATTACHED CHAIN ASSEMBLY WERE TO ACCOMIDATE AN OFFICER’S DRESS SWORD AND WERE WORN AS PART OF THE STD ARMY OFFICER’S DRESS UNIFORM, AND WERE WORN PREDOMINANTLY DURING THE INTER-WAR YEARS BETWEEN
1921 – AND LATE 1930’s…. HOWEVER,
BY 1940 THESE WERE NO LONGER BEING WORN.
AS FOUND IN THE EXCELLENT WWII REFERENCE BOOK
“GOVT. ISSUE COLLECTOR’S GUIDE” BY H.P. ENJAMES
PG. 30 > OFFICER’S SERVICE UNIFORMS…
DETAILING DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WWII OFFICER’S
U.S. ARMY UNIFORM, AS WAS WORN BETWEEN
1942-1943 …
“
IT DETAILS THE SAM BROWNE BELT
WITH NO FROG.”
AND PERIOD PHOTOS SHOW OFFICERS NO LONGER WEARING THE FROG, WHICH OFFICER’S WERE DISCARDING, WHILE THEY CONTINUED TO WEAR THE SAM BROWNE BELT.
SAM BROWNE BELTS WERE NOT MAKER MARKED, HOWEVER, THE SPECIAL COTTON-BLEND CARRY SACK THEY CAME IN COULD BE MAKER MARKED.
THE BELTS WOULD STAMPED ON THE UNDERNEATH UN-FINISHED SIDE WITH THE SIZE.
AS AN EXAMPLE > ( 34 )
SAM NROWN BELTS PREDOMINANTLY CAME IN
( 3 ) COLOR SHADES OF LEATHER >>
DARKER BROWN LEATHER
MEDIUM BROWN CORDOVAN LEATHER ..
( LIKE THIS ONE FOR SALE )
LIGHT BROWN/TAN LEATHER
THE BELT & CROSS STRAP ASSEMBLY CAME IN A SPECIAL CHEMICALLY TREATED COTTON-BLEND
POLISHING CLOTH SACK THAT WAS ISSUED WITH
THE SAM BROWNE BELT, TO BOTH STORE THE BELT SET IN, AS WELL AS TO BE USED TO WIPE CLEAN & POLISH THE LEATHER.
THE CLOTH SACKS WERE MARKED WITH THE FOLLOWING >>
THIS CHEMICALLY TREATED LEATHER POLISHING CLOTH
WILL CLEAN AND POLISH YOUR “SERVICE”
SAM BROWN BELT – IF BADLY SOILED USE A HIGH
GRADE SHOE POLISH – THE USE OF SADDLE SOAP
IS NOT RECOMMENDED
AN ORIGINAL INTER-WAR YEARS TO WWII ERA ISSUED BELT CARRY SACK COULD BE MAKER STAMPED >
WITH MANUFACTURER’S INFO.
COLT-CROMWELL OF BOSTON STAMPED THEIR SACKS
ISSUED WITH THE SAM BROWNE BELTS
THEY MANUFACTURED FOR THE MILITARY.
THE SAM BROWNE BELT SET THEN CAME ROLLED UP
& PACKAGED IN A SHIPPNG BOX.
RESEARCH FOUND
AT LEAST (4) TYPES OF CARRY BOX THAT WERE USED TO CARRY THESE SAM BROWNE BELTS.
RESEARCH FOUND THE FOLLOWING EXAMPLES >>
A CARDBOARD DUAL FLAP BOX & 3 TYPES OF RED OR BROWN CARDBOARD SHIPPING BOX.
BOXES WOULD BE LABELED IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS >
SERVICE BELT – MILITARY and POLICE
SERVICE SAM BROWNE BELT
MILITARY LEATHER SAM BROWNE BELT.
THIS SAM BROWNE BELT OFFERED FOR SALE
IS AS FOLLOWS >
UN-DATED & NO MAKER MARK BUT FROM AN ORIGINAL 1940 SHIPPING CRATE, BELT WAS
MANUFACTURED BY JEFFERSONVILLE
QUARTER MASTER DEPOT IN 1940.
BELT IS MEDIUM BROWN CORDOVAN LEATHER
BELT IS SIZE MARKED – 34
CURRENTLY WILL PERFECTLY FIT
A ( 32" WAIST ) WEARING OFFICERS TUNIC.
WE HAD A MODEL TRY IT ON ..
PERFECT 32" FIT!!  : )
BELT IS ALSO MARKED >
SERVICE GENUINE SHELL CORDOVAN –
34 (ITS SIZE)
(BELT IS CORDOVAN MEDIUM BROWN IN COLOR)
(COLOR MAY APPEAR DIFFERENT IN PHOTOS
DUE TO BACKGROUND & LIGHTING)
BELT IS (NOS) NEW OLD STOCK - NEVER ISSUED
NEVER WORN
BELT COMES WITH SHOULDER CROSS-STRAP.
BELT ORIGINALLY CAME WITH ITS RED SHIPPING BOX,
POLISHING CLOTH CARRY SACK & FROG,
HOWEVER .. OVER THE 30+ YEARS MY DAD HAD THIS
SET, WHICH WAS DISPLAYED IN THE MUSEUM COLLECTION,
THE BOX, SACK & FROG WERE
MIS-PLACED,
SO THERE IS NO ORIGINAL BOX SET
THAT BEING SAID ..
WE DECIDED TO RECTIFY THAT >>>>
WE HAD A COMPLETE CUSTOM MADE
SHIPPING BOX SET MADE
TO ACCOMPANY THIS BELT AND PROVIDE THE CLOSEST THING TO AN ORIGINAL 1940 ERA SHIPPING BOX SET.
THE PHOTO GALLERY SHOWS AN
OROGINAL 1940 RED SHIPPING BOX FROM THE JEFFERSON QUARTERMASTER DEPOT ... FOLLOWED BY PHOTOS OF
OUR NEW CUSTOM MADE BOX SET.
*** ADDITIONAL RARE EXTRA >
“ONE OF A KIND”
NEW CUSTOM MADE BOX SET INCLUDED:
THIS SAM BROWNE BELT IS IN ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL
MINT CONDITION, AND DISPLAYS BEAUTIFULLY,
AS SEEN IN THE PHOTO GALLERIES,
& WE FELT IT NEEDED TO COME WITH ITS ORIGINAL STYLE BOX …. SO WE HAD ONE CUSTOM MADE >>
WE ARE NOT LIKE
“WHAT PRICE GLORY” …. “AT THE FRONT”
OR “SERVICE OF SUPPLY” WWII REPRODUCTION
COMPANIES THAT SPECIALIZE IN THE PRODUCTION
AND SALES OF WWII UNIFORMS AND EQUIPMENT, WITH FULL PRODUCTION DEPTS. & OR FACTORIES
WORKING WITH DEVELOPED PATTERNS & EQUIPMENT TO PRODUCE EXACT REPRO PIECES,
HOWEVER…
WE HAD A BOX SET & LABEL SPECIALLY CUSTOM MADE
TO REPLICATE AN ORIGINAL 1940 RED SHIPPING BOX,
AND THE BELT SET COMES COMPLETE WITH A COTTON
MUSLIM DRAW-STRING CARRY SACK & POLISHING CLOTH INCLUDED.
WE WERE TICKLED PINK WHEN WE RECEIVED
THE NEW CUSTOM MADE SHIPPING BOX SET ….
NOW THIS BEAUTIFUL & ORIGINAL 1940 MADE
SAM BROWNE BELT COMES WITH THE FOLLOWING >>>>>>>
RED SHIPPING BOX TO DUPLICATE THE ORIGINAL STYLE.
REPLICATED ORIGINAL 1940 DATED LABEL.
WHICH INDICATES THIS SIZE (34) BELT SET
POLISHING CLOTH TO MAINTAIN YOUR
BEAUTIFUL NEW SAM BROWNE BELT,
JUST LIKE THE ORIGINAL SET CAME WITH.
COTTON MUSLIM DRAW-STRING CARRY SACK
YOU GET THIS SAM BROWNE BELT WITH
MUSLIM COTTON STORAGE SACK POLISHING CLOTH
& CUSTOM MADE RED SHIPPING BOX WITH REPRODUCED 1940’S SERVICE BELT PRODUCTION LABEL INDICATING MANUFACTURE BY THE PHILADELPHIA QUARTERMASTER DEPOT WITH PRODUCTION DATE > 2/7/1940
"THIS BELT WAS MANUFACTURED IN 1940
BUT WE DON'T KNOW THE EXACT DATE
THE DATING WAS ADDED FOR REALISM.
“THIS IS THE CLOSEST THING TO AN ORIGINAL
SAM BROWNE BELT SHIPPING BOX SET”
THIS CUSTOM MADE BOX SET COSTS US >
. TO HAVE THE WHOLE SET MADE
WITH ACCOMPANYING MUSLIM-COTTON CARRY STORAGE SACK & POLISHING
CLOTH.
ORIGINAL WWII BOX SETS RARELY COME UP FOR SALE…
*** THE FOLLOWING PIECES WERE USED FOR DISPLAY PURPOSES ONLY & ARE NOT INCLUDED & NOT FOR SALE >
BC-611 RADIO
COLLECTOR’S REFERENCE BOOK
WWII U.S. ARMY OFFICER’S DRESS TUNIC
MANNEQUIN
PERIOD PHOTOS
THE U.S. ARMY OFFICER’S SAM BROWNE BELT – History:
During WWI American officer’s of the A.E.F in Europe saw British Officer’s wearing the Sam Browne Belt with their uniforms, which presented a very smart appearance and really enhanced their military bearing, and presented a dashing look.
American officers began to acquire their own Sam Browne Belts
And began wearing them “Unofficially”.
While the Sam Browne was popular with Americans and quickly acquired the nickname “Liberty Belt,” Army Chief of Staff Gen. Payton March disliked the belt. An Army bulletin in October 1917 decreed that Sam Browne belts could not be worn “within the limits of the United States.” A December 1917 Army bulletin authorized “Liberty Belts” for wear in Europe only and stipulated that officers had to purchase them.
This order was soon changed after the end of WWI.
While in Europe as Commanding General of the
(A.E.F.) American Expeditionary Force, General Pershing had loved wearing his Sam Browne Belt, which he was always seen wearing at all times when in dress uniform.
When he became Army Chief of Staff he immediately rescinded
Gen. March’s order, and ordered an Officer’s Belt Regulation Change.
General Pershing’s new Army uniform regulations change in 1921 specified and ordered that “all Army officers” were to wear the Sam Browne belt at all times when not in quarters.”
When the Sam Browne was worn with a single shoulder strap, the strap passed over the right shoulder and was attached to the belt on the left side. When an officer wanted to attach his pistol, leather magazine pouch, canteen and first aid packet, however, he could attach a second cross strap to the Sam Browne, which passed over the left shoulder and was attached to a belt on the right side.  Unless on field duty, most officers wore a single strap Sam Browne.
The Sam Browne began to disappear as a part of the Army officer uniform in the late 1930s and was no longer a common sight in 1941, when the Army issued an officer uniform coat with a new cloth belt. Officially, the Sam Browne did not go away until June 7, 1942, when change no. 22 to Army Regulation AR 600-35 announced that the leather officer’s Sam Browne Belt was abolished.
Even then, many officer’s continued to wear the Sam Browne Belt including General Dwight D Eisenhower and General George S Patton.
* Portions of some text & or historical information used for item discriptions or historical info. is borrowed from several contributing web sites to provide as accurate info. as possile, when available. A variet of historical & reference sources are used ***
All this research was done by my Dad over years of collecting, thanks for all your great work Dad.
Will J.
... ALL OTHER UNIFORM DISPLAY PIECES, LEATHER JERKINS, MAPS, WATCHES, CIGARETTE LIGHTERS, GLOVES, BELTS, HOLSTERS, MANNEQUINS,  HAVERSACKS, GI STOVES, REPLICA GN’S, BOOKS, & ALL OTHER ITEMS NOT LISTED FOR SALE AS PART OF THIS LISTING ARE USED FOR DISPLAY PURPOSES ONLY & ARE NOT FOR SALE
** MANNEQUINS ARE USED FOR DISPLAY PURPOSES & ARE NOT FOR SALE**
*SHIRTS & TIES ARE USED FOR DISPLAY PURPOSES ONLY & NOT FOR SALE, UNLESS OTHERWISE LISTED*
** ALL ITEMS, DESCRIPTIONS & CONDITION ARE PROVIDED AS BEST AS POSSIBLE**
** SIZE INFORMATION IS PROVIDED WHEN POSSIBLE BUT FIT IS NOT GUARANTEED**
**THE ENTIRE WWII COLLECTION IS BEING SOLD OFF, SO ALL SALES ARE FINAL & NO RETURNS,
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I have predominantly been a collector of WWII militaria for the last 20+ years, though I have sold some pieces from the collection before, as well as other items, but it is finally time to sell the collection off & let others enjoy adding new pieces to their collection.  I hope others enjoy them as much as I have.
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to all the men & women of “The Greatest Generation” for their service & sacrifice during WWII and thank you to all the men & women who proudly serve or have served our country in the  United States military to protect our country and our freedom.
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