WWI Military Tail Light Belt

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Waseca County History Center

Name/Title

WWI Military Tail Light Belt

Entry/Object ID

862

Description

Material: leather, metal. Size: 1" W. x 60 1/2" L. Description: brass buckle - oval shaped - stamped: "U.S." - hooked onto leather belt with one brass hook - two brass knobs on one end and one hole with seven pairs of notches on other end for closure - two circular red reflectors about 1" diameter and 1 1/2" diameter attached to belt.

Context

Waseca County Military has a red glass "winker" on belt the last man in the Platoon carried the "tail light" sometimes used to send Morse code messages.

Cataloged By

vanessa

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1917

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Uniform, Military belt

Class

Clothing, Accessory

Category

Personal Artifacts

Dimensions

Width

1 in

Length

60-1/2 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Exhibitions

Notes

8-10/1998

Create Date

May 28, 1998

Update Date

July 10, 2026