Military Supplies

This is a WWII mess kit made by the Knapp-Monarch Company in 1942. It was made for the U.S. military and the manufacturing information can be found on the handle which can be folded to make the kit more compact.

A mess kit is a multipurpose tool that is used for eating which consists of a tin and a lid. The handle folds out and the lid can be removed to turn the bottom half of the tin into a frying pan. The lid can be flipped over and placed back into the tin to create a plate. Because of its portability, it is commonly used for camping and hiking along with its use in the military.

This is a WWII Supermarine Spitfire cockpit lamp. It has its original box and wrapping materials made from wax paper. On the top of the box, it mentions a business of some sort called Amersham Prints Ltd. located in Amersham, Bucks, England in the UK. It also has the date of September of 1945.

This is a pair of WWII-era German 6 x 30 binoculars made by a company called Steinheil which was located in Munich (München), Germany. While they were not used in WWII, they are still a great example of wartime binoculars. On the right portion of the binoculars is what could possibly be some sort of camouflage. They also come with the carrying case, although further research will have to be done to know if it was the original case.