Asil76 Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Hi I have this single webbing pouch I think is an ammo pouch but I am not 100% sure it is for the British army (WW2) I was hoping someone on here would be able to confirm or not if it is British and WW2 if not what nations and period is it from. Thanks for your help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldstream Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 From the fact that the pouch is padded and the single brass belt fixing I would say that this is a pouch for carrying the prismatic compass. Can't make out the ink stampings so can't give you a date but these were still being used up to the late 80's at least. All the best Simon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asil76 Posted January 11, 2017 Author Share Posted January 11, 2017 Ahhh yes I didn't think of a compass, the stamp is really hard to make out the top line has the letters MEC and numbers 19 and is either 64 or 45 W I think its 64 but really hard to see and the second line number are 973 - 5 (or 8 or s) 960. I'm guessing after the MEC is the year date? is it British do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldstream Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Yes, definitely British Army issue, right down to the last four numbers of the last man issued with it written on the back. Simon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asil76 Posted January 11, 2017 Author Share Posted January 11, 2017 Ahh thats really interesting, I wonder who he was.... I'm just not sure of the date :\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry B Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 58 pattern webbing and it does appear to be compass pouch. http://www.karkeeweb.com/patterns/1958/components/equipment/equipment_other_carriers.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asil76 Posted January 13, 2017 Author Share Posted January 13, 2017 Hi Jerry Thats Thank you so much, so as 1958 pattern? this would fit with the numbers I think is the year 65 but is really hard to make out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry B Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 As you suspected, a date of 1964 would make sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asil76 Posted January 16, 2017 Author Share Posted January 16, 2017 Thats great jerry Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter monahan Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Well done, you lot! My only thought was that the closure was of a later pattern, so '58 makes perfect sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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