Original U.S. Vietnam War Unopened Type C Field Ration “C-Rat” by Southern Package & Storage Co. - Dated September 1969 U.S. Field Gear which is still about 25%

which is still about 25% retained

but has not yet provided much additional information

The National League of Women's Services (NLWS) was established in early 1917 in conjunction with the Red Cross and in anticipation of the US entering the First World War

and inscription in German

The brass has small bits of oxidation throughout but this adds to the patina

Original U.S. Vietnam War Unopened Type C Field Ration “C-Rat” by Southern Package & Storage Co. - Dated September 1969 U.S. Field Gear which is still about 25%Original Item: Only One Available. Now this was a fantastic discovery! Its not very often you come across a C Ration case still unopened. While the initial specification was officially declared obsolete in 1945, and production of all Type C rations ended in 1958, existing stockpiles of both original and revised Type C rations continued to be issued to troops serving in Korea and even as late as the Vietnam War. A Marine tank commander serving in