Original U.S. WWII / Korean War Unissued USMC Shelter Half - Reversible Camouflage MP 34 Dating from the Napoleonic era

Dating from the Napoleonic era of 1795 to 1815 this was worn by a Drummer Boy who beat the timing for Infantry marching on the battlefield

On 4 October

The leather is excellent

which shows characteristic banding because of the intermixed ferrite and cementite alloys in the steel

and French forces were able to capture the major port city of Marseille

Original U.S. WWII / Korean War Unissued USMC Shelter Half - Reversible Camouflage MP 34 Dating from the Napoleonic eraOriginal Item: Only One Available. The fundamental unit of shelter for the U. S. Army Marine Corps in the field since the Civil War is the two man pup tent. Each pup tent is made up of two shelter half pieces that fasten together with a row of buttons (up to late World War II) or snaps along the ridge line and, with poles, ropes and stakes, make up one pup tent. The buttons are matched to a row of button holes. The snaps are two sided. With either