Original Prussian Pattern 1860 Cavalry Horse Curry Comb Hand Select:No It was based on the

It was based on the British Pattern 1958 Equipment

Item# AYB1600

which was a valuable commodity in 1943 (see "The Sten Machine Carbine" by Peter Laidler page 250-51

the m/948 was fitted with a barrel sleeve with a mount to accept the standard Portuguese Mauser bayonet (this display gun does not have a bayonet mounting lug)

There is always a possibility that some of these cans were WW2 manufactured and the Markings are concealed under the desert postwar paint (no guarantees) we just didn

Original Prussian Pattern 1860 Cavalry Horse Curry Comb Hand Select:No It was based on theOriginal Item: These are the original 1860 Pattern Prussian Horse Curry combs from the time when "Cavalry was King". Used through the second half of the 19th century, including the Franco Prussian War, through WWI and even in use into the early years of WWII. The Curry Combs are the steel brushes issued to every Cavalryman to groom his mount essential cavalry equipment! Distinctive Prussian style, great German 19th century quality, sold to Cavalry