Original German WWII M31 Enameled Steel Mess Kit Kochgeschirr with Canvas Strap - Dated 1943 WWII camps with tents

camps with tents

Otzweiler and Hundsbach fell in rapid succession

with just a bit of lifting at the seam below the throat

The lock is marked faintly in the Austrian style 852 for 1852

The leather chin strap is also complete

Original German WWII M31 Enameled Steel Mess Kit Kochgeschirr with Canvas Strap - Dated 1943 WWII camps with tentsOriginal Item: Only one available. This is a very nice late war example of a German Mess Tin M31 or Kochgeschirr Modell 1931 (cooking pot Model 31). A scaled down version of the earlier M1910, it it is a kidney shaped cooking pot with a total capacity of 1. 7 liters. It cconsists of 2 parts: the pot with the wire handle, and a cover with a handle to use as a plate. Early in the war, these were made entirely from aluminum. As the war progressed, they