Mess Kit Standard Issue 1891 – 1939 and 1939- 1982

mess kit, is designed to be used over portable cooking apparatus. A mess tin can be thought of as a portable version of a saucepan, intended primarily for boiling but also useful for frying. Mess tins were originally a military design, but are also popular among civilian campers.

Bottom left – 1891 – 1939. Bottom right – 1939- 1982, top 1899-1902 (?)

Classification
Equipment
Era
1891 – 1913 Early years, 1914 – 1919 (WW 1), 1920 – 1938 Interwar period, 1939 – 1945 (WW 2), 1946 – 1999 Late 20th C.
Location of artifact
Case 34 Food Rations

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