Original U.S. WWII USAAF Enameled Portable Mess Set in Transit Chest - By CRESCO 1944 Category_MG 42 Bolt & Barrel Assembly carefully rebuilt to BATF specifications

carefully rebuilt to BATF specifications

If only it could speak

which refers to their adoption in the Japanese year 2590 (1930)

Most in stamped on inner flap:

A very good example and perfect for display

Original U.S. WWII USAAF Enameled Portable Mess Set in Transit Chest - By CRESCO 1944 Category_MG 42 Bolt & Barrel Assembly carefully rebuilt to BATF specificationsOriginal Item: Only one set available. This set consist of a wooden transit chest measuring 18" x 14" x 13" containing enameled plates and cups with stainless steel flatware. The chest, with paint no doubt refreshed, is Olive Drab and bears in white lettering: FIGHTER SQUADRON, FAIRFORD, ENGLAND USAAF The United States Army Air Force was stationed at Fairford Air Base, which was constructed in 1944 in the village of Fairford in the Cotswolds, one of