Original British WWI D-Shape Mess Kit Tin - Dated 1918 Headgear for "modified") dubbed the "high

for "modified") dubbed the "high hump lock" (ordnance part No

It is loaded by actually unhooking the bottom of the barrel so it could swivel upwards allowing the entire cylinder to be removed in order to reload

pampered German farm and riding horses

Period Vise marks on the breach are evident

It is decorated with a well detailed zinc eagle insignia on the peak and an open silvered zinc wreath surrounding a metal tri-color cockade on the band

Original British WWI D-Shape Mess Kit Tin - Dated 1918 Headgear for "modified") dubbed the "highOriginal Item. Only One Available. This is a scarce example of a WWI British D Shaped mess kit. The Mess Tin is two parts and made of tin plated steel with a seam down one side and with a wire carrying handle. There is a retractable handle in the lid for use as a pan. This example is not maker marked that we can find, but is stamped along the rim 18 over a Broad arrow, for 1918. The mess kit measures roughly 7 x 4 x 4. The mess kit has heavy wear and