I knew this type of belt had a name: a "hate belt":

http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-...ble_belts2.htm

Scroll down, and you'll see some Aussie examples.

Basically it was a way for soldiers to display their collections of allied and enemy insignia -- very unofficial, of course.

Here are a few more examples:

http://www.trenchart.org/HateBelt.htm

http://www.militaryantiquesmuseum.co...searchfor=1186

Cheers,

Todd