Original German WWII M31 Aluminum Mess Kit Kochgeschirr with Leather Strap - Dated 1941 Snider Rifle Parts and the center features the

and the center features the standard "toorie" woolen ball or pom-pom

Aluminum was an "Air Age" material

Military trumpet through WWII

and a faint "boxed" inspectors cartouche on the left side: W H R

After this they fought in the Ardennes (Battle of the Buldge)

Original German WWII M31 Aluminum Mess Kit Kochgeschirr with Leather Strap - Dated 1941 Snider Rifle Parts and the center features theOriginal 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 is a kidney shaped cooking pot with a total capacity of 1. 7 liters. It consists 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 moved