Original Japanese WWII Named Senninbari 1000 Stitch Belt with Temple Stamp, Paper Amulet, Offering Sheet, and Translation - 50” x 6” MG 08-15 Maxim Koerner embraced the Magic Realism

Koerner embraced the Magic Realism art style

It does however have a repaired crack running through the stock just at the front of the lock

Very unlikely

so this looks to be an early version

another small bit of Western folklore for the collector to preserve

Original Japanese WWII Named Senninbari 1000 Stitch Belt with Temple Stamp, Paper Amulet, Offering Sheet, and Translation - 50” x 6” MG 08-15 Maxim Koerner embraced the Magic RealismOriginal Item: One of a kind. A Senninbari ( thousand person stitches) or One thousand stitch is a strip of cloth that measures approximately 15 cm (6 in) high and up to 90120 cm (34 ft) or more in length. Each end of the belt (sash) may or may not have strings, snaps or buttons that allow it to be fastened about the waist. Examples that lack these were often tucked into the waist. Other variations were never worn but may have been folded and placed