• A typical example of the first issue Belt, waist, W.E. Patt. '37, as introduced in L. of C. §B1623, dated 8th June 1938. It is made of 2 1/4-inch wide "flat loop" belted webbing, with brass fittings. It is fitted with a "hook and loop" military buckle of the type first introduced in 1919, and at the rear has two angles 1-inch buckles chapes. The Belt is adjusted by securing two double end hooks, each mounted on a brass tab, into the "flat loops" integrally woven into the inside, and there is a brass slide on each end to control the folded portions. Ref: Kharkeeweb.com 
• This example is marked but too faint to make out the manufacturer or date. The pattern is consistent with WWII and has the soldiers name "C. Hodgson handwritten on the inside.  The belt has been dyed at some time on the outside only with the interior showing the original khaki web and the outside being a darker faded color, possible a darker green or blue?