Original U.S. WWI Trench Art M1910 Mess Kit with Floral Design & Names of Battles with Utensils & Send Home Tag U.S. Field Gear The shaft is correctly hollow

The shaft is correctly hollow to allow the internal components and porcelain "donut" bead with pull string (not attached)

as well as on the chamber end of the barrel and 923 on the bottom of the feed block/ejector

Binoculars Included:- 2x WW1 Feldglas 08: This 6x25 field glass is pre WWII manufactured and of superior quality to wartime examples

It was then equipped with a very nice small lighter

and really help tell the story

Original U.S. WWI Trench Art M1910 Mess Kit with Floral Design & Names of Battles with Utensils & Send Home Tag U.S. Field Gear The shaft is correctly hollowOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is a beautiful M1910 Mess Kit which was decorated by the soldier who took it overseas. The lid of the kid is decorated with a checkered pattern background with floral motifs and battles he partook in around the rim, including CHATEAU THIERRY, ST. MIHIEL, and ARGONNE FOREST. The bowl of the mess kit is decorated around the edge with what was likely to be further work on the bottom, but it was never finished. The