AUSTRALIAN WWI SOLDIERS LEATHER EQUIPMENT SET.

A rare set of the Australian issued leather set based on the British pattern 08 equipment. All of the items service worn, the set comprises waist belt, set of cartridge pouches, cross straps, water bottle and carrier, side bag, entrenching tool head carrier. All of the buckles are intact and working correctly the set is a mixture of the Australian tan and the Australian green, the parts of the Australian equipment were produced in both tan and light green colours. The entrenching tool head carrier Is profusely stamped with numbers, a hand applied name and the stencilled word pioneers, on the reverse side appears to be a out of service with Canadian stamp, the side haversack has a date of 1915 and what appears to be HW below a broad arrow, there is some rust staining to the side bag, also a name hand applied to the exterior flap, the large pack clearly stamped inside the flap Australia C.G.H.F.1916, with a hand applied name on the rear.

Code: 92492