Original British Officer's Field Cooking Pot and Burner in Leather Carrier - c.1875-1915 Japanese Militaria Colt introduced its first rear-loaders

Colt introduced its first rear-loaders in 1871: the Colt House/Cloverleaf and the Colt Open Top Pocket Model Revolver

this Spanish Model 51 60 mm Mortar

The World War II men who wore these began to call them the Mae West

The interior of the jacket has a lightly worn

1944 and into Holland the next day

Original British Officer's Field Cooking Pot and Burner in Leather Carrier - c.1875-1915 Japanese Militaria Colt introduced its first rear-loadersOriginal item: Only One Available. This is for the Officer who always went to War fully prepared. This fine field cooking set comes very possibly from the Victorian ZULU WARS of the late 1870's, the Sudanese Wars of 1885 and 1898, the Boer war War of 1899 1901 or even the First Word War. The set itself is unmarked, but the carrier has maker information (somewhat faded) in gold letters on the inside of the carrier lid: A. BARRETT & SONS PICCADILLY