COLLECTION OF MILITARY FIELD EQUIPMENT - BRITISH AND EUROPEAN, CIRCA 1915-1945

AN ASSORTED GROUP OF MILITARY FIELD EQUIPMENT SPANNING THE FIRST AND SECOND WORLD WAR PERIODS, COMPRISING WEBBING ITEMS, A TRENCH ART PIECE, A SIGNAL LANTERN, AND ASSOCIATED PAPERWORK NOT INCLUDED.

ITEMS IN THE LOT:

* MILITARY WATER BOTTLES IN CANVAS WEBBING CRADLES WITH SHOULDER STRAPS, KHAKI CANVAS CONSTRUCTION
* BLUE ENAMELLED STEEL SIGNAL LANTERN WITH LEATHER CARRY HANDLE AND GLASS PANELS
* BRASS TRENCH ART DISH FASHIONED FROM A SHELL CASE BASE, WITH A FRENCH COIN INSET TO THE INTERIOR DEPICTING THE HERCULES GROUP WITH PARTIAL TEXT READING LIBERT? AND EGALIT?. THE BASE OF THE DISH IS ENGRAVED AUG PATRONENFABRIK KARLSRUHE 1915 WITH ADDITIONAL ARSENAL MARKINGS
* CANVAS AND LEATHER MAP CASE NOT INCLUDED, STAMPED C. G. HARTLEY & CO. WITH A DATE IN THE 1940S
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* CANVAS WEBBING STRAPS AND FITTINGS
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TRENCH ART DETAIL:
THE BRASS DISH HAS BEEN FASHIONED FROM A GERMAN ARTILLERY SHELL CASE BASE. THE BASE RETAINS THE ORIGINAL ARSENAL STAMPINGS READING AUG PATRONENFABRIK KARLSRUHE 1915, IDENTIFYING IT AS MANUFACTURED AT THE AUGUSTIN CARTRIDGE FACTORY IN KARLSRUHE, GERMANY, DATED 1915. A FRENCH COIN DEPICTING THE HERCULES GROUP (LIBERT?, EGALIT?, FRATERNIT?) HAS BEEN INSET INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE DISH.



Item Size: Height: 34cm, Width: 34cm, Depth: 27cm, Weight: 2.4Kg

Condition: Fair - Refer To Images

293645+261

Location of item: 60 Marple Avenue, Villawood, NSW, Australia

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