WW1 German Saxon Marked Belt & 1847 Pattern Buckle - Regt Markings To Belt & Buckle

An always been together belt & buckle from a soldier of the 23rd ( 1st Royal Saxon ) Infantry Division.
A set that recently surfaced totally as it is offered here the buckle is marked to its top edge '101 R .11.I ' the belt leather ' 182 R '. During the Franco -Prussian war this Division incorporated the '2.Grenadier Regt Nr 101' to which the buckle is marked before being being reorganised into a number of new regiments one of them being ' 16.Infanterie Regt Nr. 182' which is marked on the leather. Buckle is of the rare 1847 pattern with notched wide edges to allow the full width brass belt hook to engage with the catch & lie flat. The Saxon regimental markings are stamped onto one of these wide edges. The two piece buckle of brass & nickel shows three solder dots to reverse unlike the later 1895 patterns. The maker mark of ' G.Hosang' visible to reverse. Belt leather has brass hook with the regimental number '182R' to reverse.

Code: 14587