Germany, Heer. An M1910 Mess Kit certificate_of_authenticity By January 1943

By January 1943

1850 - December 27th

Footnote: This is the helmet belonging to one of the elite guards (Khedive’s Iron Men) who guarded the Khedive (Viceroy) of Egypt and his palace

since 1893)

constructed of a dark green wool backer with a buckram underlay

Germany, Heer. An M1910 Mess Kit certificate_of_authenticity By January 1943(Kochgeschirr M1910). Constructed of an aluminum shell with a toned field grey exterior paint scheme, featuring a retractable lid situated on a swivel hinge and fastening closed with a frontal clip, flanked on each side by eyelets retaining an aluminum handle, the lid opening to reveal a plain and hollow interior, the exterior marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and maker code M6 11 39 indicating late prewar or early wartime manufacture,