Original German WWII M31 Aluminum Mess Kit Kochgeschirr by Heinrich Ritter with Leather Strap - dated 1943 & 1942 Sharps Rifle and the "Eagle's Head" is

and the "Eagle's Head" is almost totally missing

possibly by hand and shows the burying of the dead together with various soldiers and damaged buildings

but there is slight darkening to the yellow coloring

Major combat operations

The top corners are cut off at 45 degree angles

Original German WWII M31 Aluminum Mess Kit Kochgeschirr by Heinrich Ritter with Leather Strap - dated 1943 & 1942 Sharps Rifle and the "Eagle's Head" isOriginal 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