webbing equipment set
Report a Mistake- Object Number 20050165-010
- Event 1914-1919 First World War
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer Mills Equipment Company
- Date Made 1917
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada
- Category Personal artifacts
- Sub-category Personal gear
- Department Dress and Insignia
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1917/01/01
- Latest 1917/12/31
- Inscription (a) waist belt: Canadian War Museum accession number: “20050165-010” inscribed in black indelible ink on one endcap. (b) shoulder brace, left: Maker’s mark, date of manufacture and British Government mark of ownership “M.E.CO. 1917 /I” stamped on the interior brace surface in black indelible ink.(c) shoulder brace, right: Maker’s mark, date of manufacture and British Government mark of ownership “M.E.CO. 1917 /I” stamped on the interior brace surface in black indelible ink. (d) water bottle carrier: Maker’s mark, partial date of manufacture and British Government mark of ownership “M.E.CO. 191_ /I” on interior side strap and “T[B]S” on the exterior surface in black indelible ink. (e) haversack/ small pack: The maker’s mark, partial date of manufacture and the British Government mark of ownership: “M.E.CO. 191_ /I” is stamped on the interior rim of the flap cover in indelible black ink. Inscriptions: Detected on the haversack base a possible name and regimental number “M BABBITT [27- - - ]”
- Pattern Name Pattern 1908Pattern 1908 Web Infantry Equipment
- Materials Cotton
- Service Component Canadian Expeditionary Force