Original Australian WWI Lighthorse Mounted Infantry and Cavalry Mess Kit With Correct Leather Strap MG 42 Ammo Storage Cotton tag present on interior

Cotton tag present on interior neck but the markings are clearly spurious (fake)

Bicycle units spearheaded the advances of 1941 against the Soviet Union

which is rare and hard to find

and by early 1930s countries such as Germany had begun to develop official patterns of military camouflage

These are now very unusual to encounter especially those ANTIQUE ones

Original Australian WWI Lighthorse Mounted Infantry and Cavalry Mess Kit With Correct Leather Strap MG 42 Ammo Storage Cotton tag present on interiorOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a fantastic example of a moderately used Australian WWI mounted mess kit. This type of mess kit was utilized by both the Australian Lighthorse and Cavalry. Light horsemen mostly fought dismounted. They were considered to be 'mounted infantry' instead of 'cavalry'. The soldiers rode horses to a battlefield where they engaged with the enemy on foot and then left quickly on horseback when disengaging while a