Swedish Army Folding Plastic Cup

Mess Kits

Swedish Army Folding Plastic Cup

1990s

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Army Plastic Folding Cup

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1990s

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7350-17-110-1364

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Cordura 1000D

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Mess Kit Cup

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London Bridge LBT Rare Silver Tag 804 Prototype 300 Win Mag Sniper Stock Pouch

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image size: 7 1/4 x 9 1/2 in.
paper size: 8 x 10 in.

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ISPL tactical vest

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US Military 1966 Melmac / Melamine Cup - Type II

Plastic Cups

Melmac / Melamine Drinking Cup - Type II

1966

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Plastic Tableware

Type II Drinking Cup

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Description

U.S. Military Orange Plastic Cup. Marker marked and dated on bottom 1966 type II plastic (Vietnam era). 

History / Summary

Melmac is: A brand name of dinnerware molded from Melamine resin, made by American Cyanamid, most popular in the 1940s through the 1960s.

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Set of three melamine (or melmac, melamac) tumblers made by "H" (Halsey) and "CP" for the U.S. military in the 1960s. These are 10-oz. cups in a gold/brown swirled/speckled finish. Each is about 4 3/8" tall and 3" wide at the top, and weighs 5 oz. All are embossed on bottom "U.S." plus an "H" (two of the cups) or a "CP" (one cup), and a year (1961, 1962 and 1966). Two small ledges midway up the side make them easy to stack. They have no damage (chips, cracks), only light wear along the rims, handles and bottom from use. They're a cool addition to a military equipment collection, or great for use around your campsite. (For information on Halsey, go to .)Price includes shipping in the U.S.; extra cost for International delivery based on the country. Please send a message if you have a question, and please see our other listings including a set of U.S. military m elamine mug s.






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Austro-Hungarian Army Mess Kit M -1912

Mess Kit

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Austro-Hungarian Army Mess Kit M 1912

KuK Austro-Hungarian M 1912 mess kit
Eßgeschirr Feld - Kochgeschirr WW1 1WK 1GM

M-1912 Mess Kit

Second model of mess kit, was introduced in 1912 and it was intended to replace older models of mess kits still being in use.

The M.1912 mess kit was made of two pieces, the actual mess kit, wich was rectangular in shape with metal carrying handle and flat plate with wire handle that also served as mess kits lid. Mess kit’s carrying handle usually carries manufacturer’s marks. What is very interesting and peculiar to this type of mess kit that on the sides of the kit there is a rail/connector for joining together several mess kits or for inserting a bayonet in it and using it as a handle when mess kit was too hot to keep it in the hand! As was the case with earlier model pre war mess kits were made of tin pleated steel while almost are war dated mess kits were made of enameled steel.

US Mess Kit, Meat Can M-1910 / M-1918

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M1910 Meat Cans

Soldiers would eat their rations from these M1910 meat cans, also known as the mess kit. Two variations of the meat can are pictured. The meat can was carried in the haversack's meat can pouch along with the knife, fork and spoon. With the 1918 model, the meat can was slightly increased in size so that soldiers at the front line could recieve a larger portion containing the calories needed to sustain oneself during combat.

The meat can above is the thinner pre 1918 model.

The one on below is the 1918 model which was deeper than the earlier model.

The Infantry Equipment Board in 1974 met to consider the "Brace System" that had been sent for trial by the 1872-73 Board. The Board in November 1874 recommended for trial an improved set of equipment, that included a modified canteen, sheet steel tin-plated cup, utensils, and a sheet steel tin-plated meat can. The meat can was first manufactured during the fourth quarter (April-June) of fiscal year 1876, so referring to this meat can as Model 1874 is misleading. The nomenclature was Meat Can with no pattern or model number. Apparently the meat can was produced in limited quantity (about 2000) for trial. Production resumed at both Watervliet Arsenal, and Rock Island Arsenal in 1878, and several improvements had been made, so a fairly distinctive new pattern was produced that I refer to as the pattern 1878. Then in about 1880 further changes were made that I refer to as pattern 1880. A few minor changes were made and I identify the final version of the meat can as pattern 1882, which I have to admit is a WAG based on my research as to when it was manufactured. Watervliet Arsenal was converted to a gun manufacturing facility and discontinued manufacture of field equipment in 1890. The meat can (p1882) remained in production at R.I.A. until replaced by the sheet steel tin-plated meat can pattern 1900. During the War with Spain, R.I.A. in 1898 contracted with a few companies to manufacture the meat can (pattern 1882) and some slight variations in construction have been observed that were likely contractor manufactured.

At the request of Capt. Henry Reilly, Fifth U.S. Artillery in 1899, the meat can was changed by making the pan deeper adding volume, and the plate was made correspondingly flatter. (Capt. Reilly was KIA during the China Relief Expedition and never saw an example the meat can design he suggested) The meat can (p1900) was manufactured by R.I.A. from 1900 until 1910, when it was replaced by meat can M1910.

As early as 1894 the Army was examining aluminum for use in the manufacture of field mess equipment. The conditions in the Philippine Islands was such that the ordnance officers at the Manila Ordnance Depot repeatedly requested aluminum mess equipment, and in the early 1900s small lots of aluminum utensils, cups, and meat cans were sent to P.I. for trial. The Cavalry Equipment Board in 1905 recommended an aluminum meat can (Meat Can M1905) that was manufactured by R.I.A. in 1905. The Infantry Equipment Board in 1909 requested that an aluminum meat can be sent for trial as part of the infantry equipment that was recommended for adoption in 1910. The meat can M1910 was manufactured at Rock Island Arsenal, and in 1917-18 contracts were negotiated with several companies to manufacture meat can M1910.

Because of the shortage of meat can M1910 in 1917 the Ordnance Office authorized the Ordnance Officers of the districts funds to purchase mess equipment to meet the demand of the training camps that were engaged in training the large influx of recruits. Each of the district ordnance officers made arrangements for acquisition of off the shelf plates, cups and utensils. In some cases the meat cans were contracted. The most easily identified "meat cans" acquired in 1917-18 were round sheet steel tin-plated, provided with pan, plate, and handle that assembled similar to meat can M1910. These meat cans are usually associated with the emergency of 1898 by dealers and collectors.

Headquarters American Expeditionary Force requested that the meat can pan and plate be made deeper to accommodate a larger ration, much as Capt Reilly had suggested in 1899. Meat can M1918 was manufactured of aluminum as soon as the tools could be changed. A French company was contracted to produce a sheet steel tin-plated variation of the meat can M1918 for immediate issue to the AEF..

The Meat can M1932, and meat can M1942 was previously described. In addition a meat can, similar in construction to meat can M1932, made of sheet steel tin-plated was manufactured in Australia by a firm identified as "Metters" apparently for both the Army and Navy. Examples are marked "U.S.A." or "U.S.N." on the handle where the U.S. was usually embossed.

In 1944 meat can stainless steel was adopted classified STANDARD, and manufactured exclusively by contractors. The Army changed the specification for stainless steel nomenclature to corrosion resisting steel, and the meat can nomenclature was changed to meat can corrosion resisting steel. The nomenclature was changed in 1955 to Pan, Mess and has remained. The specification was changed in 1949 for the handle to be manufactured of pressed sheet CRS. The original stock number, was replaced by the Federal Stock Number (FSN), which in turn was replaced by the current National Stock Number (NSN) system.

To answer the questions posed: Reference the meat can M1942, both the Army and Marine Corps recognized the health hazard of the plating wearing or cooking off the steel which would then corrode. At the same time the manufacture of meat can aluminum and meat can CRS was beginning to get into the supply system and those items were prioritized for issue to units deploying overseas.

First, to me a "mess kit" is all of the equipment issued to sustain life in the field: canteen, cup, cover, utensils and meat can (or pan mess) not just the meat can, although I'm well aware of the popular use of the term to mean the meat can. Meat can M1942 was classified OBSOLETE, should have been surveyed to salvage, and should not have been issued under any conditions long before 1966. I have examined a few examples of meat can CRS that were manufactured to the specification for meat can M1942, in that the lip edge was half rolled in the same manner as meat can M1942. The nomenclature of these meat cans was meat can stainless steel, and if in serviceable condition, may have been issued as pan, mess in 1966.

US Mess Kit, Meat Can M-1932 / M-1942

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The M-1932 Meat Can is the style that was in use during World War II. It was based on the aluminum mess kit that was in use before World War I, consisting of a pan with a hinged handle plus a lid that fits over the pan and is held together as one unit when the pan handle is folded over. A ring attached to the edge of lid, off center, can be slipped over the pan handle so the two can be dipped in boiling water together. The unit when folded is about 9 inches long and 7 inches wide.

The older style mess kits had the flat lid that could also be used as a plate. The M-1932 unit had the plate divided into two sections so food could be separated. The folding handle, when closed, fits into the groove formed by the divider. The ring on the plate was moved to the end of the groove so the lip of the handle fits right into it. The M-1932 Meat Can was made of "corrosion resistent" galvanized steel, not aluminum. It used the same WW I style narrow profile steel handle attached by a cast hinge.

The M-1942 Meat Can body was the same design as the M-1932, but made of stainless steel. The M-1942 handle was thicker and wider, made of the same material as the body, and attached by a stamped part, not the cast hinge. The M-1942 style remained in use long after World War II, through the Vietnam War.

The Meat Cans are almost universally marked US on the folding handle, along with the date and manufacturer. When the plate/lid was put on top of the pan and the handle foled over and snapped in place, the Meat Can became a unit that was stable and quiet. It was normally stored in the Meat Can Pouch of the M-1928 Haversack (most of World War II), or inside the Musette Bag, Combat Pack, or Rucksack.

Meat can M1932 was adopted to replace the meat can M1910, and meat can M1918, and classified STANDARD in 1932. There is an interesting story behind the development and adoption of the meat can M1932 that starts with the report of a medical officer in 1926. Because of the quantities of meat cans contracted during the Great War no procurement of meat can M1932 occurred until 1941-42. The meat can M1932 pan and double compartment plate were made of aluminum, and the handle that was similar to the handle on the previous meat cans, featured a hole in the handle so that the assembled pan, plate, utensils, and cup could be hung up to dry after washing.

In 1941 the priority of aluminum stopped further procurement of aluminum field, and garrison mess equipment. The Army in 1942 first tried to produce a porcelain plated meat can that was unsatisfactory because the porcelain "crazed" when heated. The meat can M1942 was then manufactured of tin or zinc (galvanized) plated steel, and adopted classified SUBSTITUTE STANDARD for meat can M1932. Early examples of meat can M1942 had the same steel handle as meat can M1932, but the handle was soon changed to the pressed sheet steel handle that remained standard on all the meat cans manufactured thereafter. Meat can M1942 was manufactured in large quantities by several contractors in 1942-43.

In November 1942 the War Production Board released aluminum and corrosion resisting (stainless) steel for the production of field mess equipment. The meat can M1932 was put back into production with the pressed sheet steel handle with the nomenclature Meat Can M1942 Style1. The nomenclature in 1944 was changed to Meat Can Aluminum. Meat can M1932, meat can M1942 style 1, and meat can aluminum were all stocked under the same quartermaster stock number. So you could requisition a meat can aluminum and be issued a meat can M1932, meat can M1942 style 1, or meat can aluminum.

The principal difference between meat can M1932 and meat can M1942 is the pan and plate of the M1932 was aluminum, and the pan and plate of M1942 was sheet steel tin or zinc plated. There were differences in the hinges and handles as well.

Variation

Type 1, M-1932, Steel Handle, WWII Dates
Type 2, M-1942 Style 1, Aluminium with Steel Handle
Type 3, M-1942 CRS with Steel Handle, manufactured to 1956
Type 4, Pan Mess, CRS, with CRS Handle, 1956-65
Type 5, Pan Mess, CRS, with CRS Handle, 1966-75, Vietnam War
Type 6, Pan Mess, CRS, with CRS Handle, 1976-80's

Swiss Army Volcano Stove Emergency Cooker

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Size - 15 cm
Weight - 760 gr
Delivery - 1 x heating bottle / saucer / cup + emergency cooker
Material - aluminum

Italian Army Mess Kit 3 Pieces mod.1954

Mess Kit Kidney Shape

Italian Army Mess Kit mod.1954

1950-1960s

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Gavetta Mod.1954

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Mess Kit Kidney Shape

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London Bridge LBT Rare Silver Tag 804 Prototype 300 Win Mag Sniper Stock Pouch

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Gavetta Esercito Italiano mod. 1954

Gavetta Italiana Mod 1954

anni 50 60
interamente in alluminio
Dimensioni gavette piccole: 4 x 16,5 x 11 cm
Dimensioni gavetta grande: 12 x 15,5 x 10 cm

Dimensioni da chiuso:
Altezza 13 cm
Lunghezza 16,5 cm
Larghezza 11 cm

[zipedit]welcome!1950s Italian Mess Kit, Model 1954, M54, Gavetta Italiano Modelo 1954, Mess Kit✪ Italian Mess Kit, Model 1954, M54, Gavetta Italiano Modelo 1954, Mess Kit ✪This newest find is an early, Post-War, Never Issued, New From Warehouse Italian Military mess kit.Brutal lessons of WWII struck hard and stuck. The notion that there'd always be a mess kitchen to feed the troops was scrapped!Future troopers had to be able to forage for food and cook it themselves! The mess kit had to be able to take punishment and make meals on the go. They did it. They came up with what many consider the best system ever. Period! It was modeled along the lines of the German field mess kit, but with improvements.One improvement that makes this kit the BOSS is being strong enough to park a Jeep on! Super durable, it is made to shrug off MASSIVE abuse without leaking, melting, cracking or anything else!The M54 kit is constructed of heavy aluminum, with a galvanized steel pot bail and pan handles.The two smaller pans have the handles attached to opposite sides. So when the pans are installed over the main pot, the handles fold down and snap over a studs on the pan. This locks the three pieces in place.The bail on the main pot folds down and snaps under the small pan. This makes a very secure and compact package. It is a unique, silent and ingenious design.Model 1954 kits do not need straps. They were made to be carried inside the rucksack or bread bag.Here in the U.S., these original Italian mess kits are almost never encountered. We simply can't get them. I was stoked when I had the chance to grab some up and offer them to my customers. With these great baby's, if you don't grab them when you see them, you won't see them again! These are in fantastic condition. They have been stored since they were made! They show signs of warehousing, but they have never been used! If into that, they can be furbished up to shine. Me, I like 'em just the way they look. Real.Take a good look at this unique kit. Really examine and compare this amazing kit to anything else out there.Includes 1 pot and 2 pans that all nest together for no-hassle transport.Kit Includes pot with steel pail handle and 2 fry pan / eating dishes with fold-out steel handles. Durable thick aluminum evenly conducts heat for primo results.This mess kit set lets you fry, boil, bake, stew, and more. Designed for cooking, serving or and eating out of. Chow down!Key Specs :Fitted together This 3-Pc. Mess kit measures a compact 6.5" x 4.5" x 5.5"Pot Measures 6" x 4" x 5"Fry Pans Measure 6.5" x 4.5" x 1.5"Complete Mess Kit weighs 1 lb.