WW1 Equipment

[longobardo]

Hello,

please, can you help me to identify this WW1 equipment? First, somebody say me it is belgium but after No, because belgium equipment has a lion on the bottom; now somebody say it is canadian, but I don't see any images of canadians with this equipment... Somebody also say it was for english ww1 soldiers (not in first line).

Please excuse my bad english.

Thank you very much

Longobardo

Edited October 21, 2006 by longobardo

[Chris Boonzaier]

I think it is american?

[Tony]

I think it is american?

It isn't British 08 pattern (5 pocket cartridge carriers) which can be seen in the scan below. The belt buckle and clasp aren't British 08 pattern either so it could well be US webbing.

Tony

[peter monahan]

The fact that it is webbing and not leather makes it more likely to be post - war rather than WWI, though that's not a certainty. however, the fact that it has snap closings on the pouches rather than tabs and studs or buckles suggests veryt strongly to me that it is from the 1930's or later. the colour seems wrong for US - who tended to go green rather than khaki, but check some shots of WWII Us webbing fr comparison.

Good luck.

peter

[longobardo]

Thank you for your opinions!

Peter Monahan: the web is marked 1916 and the mark is original! I don't think at 1930 years.

Bye

Longobardo

[Chris Boonzaier]

Has the same catch as WW1 American and "Mills" is well known as a US maker.

[Ken MacLean]

Longobardo,

It was manufactured by the Mills Woven Cartridge Company, Worcester Massachusets. Their logo was "MILLS, inside a bullet". Here is another item by them, a magazine pouch dated 1918.

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f133/bea...1957_50_13A.jpg

Cheers, Ken

[Jef]

Hello Longobardo,

Saw a lot of different kind of Belgian equipment, but I never saw a pouchesbelt you are showing. Sorry.

Kind regards,

Jef