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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Shangas, post: 9602173, member: 360&quot;]Peranakan belts (usually made of silver, gold, or silver-plate) were worn by the men (but usually - women - or &#039;nyonyas&#039;) of the Peranakan Cina - the &quot;Local-Born Chinese&quot; (literal translation) of Malaysia, Singapore &amp; Indonesia. I&#039;ve got a few at home which are heirlooms inherited from my Peranakan ancestors. </p><p><br /></p><p>As for nurse-belts - yes, usually it was just the BUCKLE that was silver - and the belt itself was some type of ribbed cloth fabric like petersham or similar. Also, Nurse-belt buckles were usually identically-symmetrical (or at least, the ones I&#039;ve seen). I have seen SOME nurse-belts which were all-silver, but they seem to have been rarer.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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