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WWI 'Doughboy'
Field Pack
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US Shirts
of WW2
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Outfit,
Cooking, Small Detachment
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| Shown as a fairly typica ensemble of webbing equipment as it would have beer used by the infantry during WW1. However, note the differences in the method of personal markings. This belt has the name stencilled complete as used in this USN/USMC method, while the rear of the M-1918 haversack bears the abbreviated name and number method used by the army | This is a display of shirts giving an indication of the varying colour shades and materials used during WW2. It is not a complete range | An outfit designed to cook hot meals for any number of men up to thirty. This stove could be broken down into two units for carrying by two men using packboards, which enabled it to be used in forward or inaccessible positions. The stove could burn various fuels including leaded or unleaded gasoline, kerosene, diesel oil or petrol-diluted gearbox oil. It was issued as a self-contained unit complete with various sired cooking containers, ladles, knives, flippers and salt and pepper shakers. The example shown was packed in 1943 and opened for the first time in 1991. |