Can anyone tell me about this mess kit? It has no markings and the handle appears to have been replaced. I bought it from another forum member awhile back, but he had no info to give me.http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...1&d=1412268043
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It appears to be a hybrid M1910 kit that has had the aluminum handle replaced by a later, wartime pattern. I say hybrid because it seems that the eyelets for the bail have a flat piece where is attached to the body of the kit. A M10 has a rounded attachment piece.
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Wasn't this exact pattern in aluminum with the flat bales produced well into the 1920s? I think I've also seen the rounded bales on aluminum examples dated in the 1920s as well. Chip will know for sure!Comment
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Could this also be paramilitary? Some folks tell me these were used by HJ, SA, and SS, right up to 1940.Comment
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The M10s were normally manufacturer marked and dated on these bail ring attachments, so I imagine the flat unmarked ones are most likely postwar. I don't remember the exact date, but aluminum mess kits were actually officially recalled from the field in 1914 or early 1915, as there was a shortage of the metal. Whether this was carried out in practice is questionable, as all of those would have had to have been replaced and there was already a strain just to produce the steel versions for the growing army in 1915. I don't think I have ever seen a M10 aluminum messkit that was dated later than 1914.Originally posted by 120rir View Post
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