Original U.S. WWI Trench Art M1910 Mess Kit by R.I.A. Personalized by Private Raymond Beeson, 160th Infantry Regiment, 40th Infantry DIvision U.S. Air Force This would spark his later

This would spark his later nickname: l'as la jambe de bois (the ace with the wooden leg)

These are totally inert BATF complaint variations of the Austro-Hungarian Zeitzünder ("time fuze") rod grenades

Construction on MacDill Field began in September 1939

The leather is still somewhat soft

and is relatively heavy for its size

Original U.S. WWI Trench Art M1910 Mess Kit by R.I.A. Personalized by Private Raymond Beeson, 160th Infantry Regiment, 40th Infantry DIvision U.S. Air Force This would spark his laterOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a wonderful example of a named M1910 Meat Tin mess kit. It is heavily decorated with patriotic motifs, mostly on the top with who it belonged to towards the bottom. The writing states that he was with Company I, 160th Infantry Regiment, 40th Infantry Division, making this a wonderful research opportunity. When the division arrived in France in August 1918, the Imperial German Army had just completed a series