VTG Va Polytechnic Institute VPI Va Tech "My Last Damn Rat Belt" w/ Signatures 1960s
with Signatures. Virginia Tech (VPI) Corps of Cadets, VPI
(Virginia Polytechnical Institute - Now Va Tech). 

Also included is ROTC Chicago Tribune Medal Officer
Cadet Military Merit 1963. 

This is from the Robert E Russell (VaSenator 1984-1994) Estate

History: first-year cadets in the Corps of Cadets wear a white cloth
belt in their service uniforms. This belt is known as the "rat belt,"
after the nickname assigned to these cadets. On the last day of
classes, the tradition of "My Last Damn Rat Belt" occurs when
freshman cadets decorate each-others belts with signatures,
slogans, and memories.