Original German WWII USGI Captured & Decorated Kochgeschirr M31 Aluminum Mess Kit dated 1939 African Militaria It is clearly old

It is clearly old

for manufacture by Anton Schenkls Nachfolger in Vienna

does not really add that much to the value of the piece

upon landing

Beckman and Ryder shared a ME-109 destroyed near Lake Balaton during the November 6th mission to Vienna

Original German WWII USGI Captured & Decorated Kochgeschirr M31 Aluminum Mess Kit dated 1939 African Militaria It is clearly oldOriginal Item: Only one available. This is a very nice USGI Captured & Decorated example of a German Mess Tin M31 or Kochgeschirr Modell 1931 (cooking pot Model 31). A scaled down version of the earlier M1910, it 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