German Army Mess Kit M31 enamelled steel

Mess Kits / Kidney Shape 

German Army Mess Kit M31 / Steel

1943

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Nomenclature

Kochgeschirr Modell 1931 / enamelled steel

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Kochgeschirr Modell 1931

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1943

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Mess Kits / Kidney Shape

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Description

Late war variant

Some late war variants, like the following 1943 example, are fully made of enamelled steel.Clearly visible the red enamel paint.Also note that the 0,5 liter indications are no longer present.

The Mess Tin M31 was a kidney shaped cooking pot with a total capacity of 1.7 litres
It consisted of 2 parts: the pot with the wire handle, and a cover with steel handle.

History / Summary

The model 31 is almost identical to the Reichswehr model 1910 which had a larger capacity of more then 2 litres

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Mess Tin M31 (Kochgeschirr Modell 1931)

German Army WW1 Mess Kit / Eßgeschirr M1908 / 2 Model

Mess Kit Kidney Shape

German Army WW1 Mess Kit 

Eßgeschirr M1908 / 2 Mod.

1910

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Nomenclature

Eßgeschirr M1908 / second model

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Eßgeschirr M1908 / second model

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Description

Eßgeschirr was introduced in 1908. It has a slightly kidney shape, and its capacity is 2 L (liquid). It is marked with four small scale lines (pitch), each of which sets ¼ L. denied previous model, which was used from the 50s nineteenth century. The predecessor was similar in form, although slightly higher (Prussian measure of volume) and produced from galvanized iron; handle on the lid was mounted separately.

With the introduction of military food from the soup kitchen in 1908, the model described earlier as Kochgeschirr, which strongly and was also used for cooking, now due to its aluminum version is called Eßgeschirr. Since that time, he mainly used for food, but not the cooking.

History / Summary

From around 1910 and comes out a revised model, which now has a one-piece, shaped handle.

Eßgeschirr M1908 / second model
For practical reasons, the handle was performed now with iron because, as is known, aluminum is a good conductor of heat and rapidly overheats. During the war, mess tins used for the production of substitute materials, including enamel and the iron plate that covers the outside special colored lacquer. They were not overly liked by the soldiers because they were heavier and prone to damage the surface of the enamel or lacquer. Few enameled models were produced in the colors feldgrau, besides were also painted black

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Polish Army Mess Kit wz.70

Mess Kits / Kidney Shape 

Polish Army Mess Kit wz.70 

1985

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Nomenclature

Menażka wojskowa WP wz.70

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Menażka wojskowa WP wz.70

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Mess Kits / Kidney Shape

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Swiss Army Mess Kit - Schweizer Armee Kochgeschirr M1910

Mess Kit Kidney Shape

Swiss Army Mess Kit 

M-1910

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Nomenclature

Schweizer Armee Kochgeschirr

Schweizer Gamelle M-1910 

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Schweizer Gamelle M-1910 

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Kidney Shape Mess Kits

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Description

Known as the cookware in Germany Gamelle , a word that comes from the French , and is used in Switzerland as a name , the soldier for heating food and also serves as eating utensils . This is supplemented today by a mostly locally procured plastic plate. In Germany it is sometimes referred to in the civilian sector as a lunch pail .

History / Summary

In the Swiss army mess tin was introduced as single cookware in 1882 and is still in use today. The weight is 450 g In Germany, the same cookware was introduced in the German armies as M1910 before the First World War and remained unchanged until today . There is an oval-shaped pot, which has almost kidney shape , with a plate insert and a cover.
The Gamelle is used not only in the military but also civil protection or civil defense .
Gamellen there in the Swiss army since 1875, and correct the term is, strictly speaking, only for the first version, a pot of tinned steel with lid and handle, which proved to be unsuitable and a few years later replaced by the "Single cookware 1882" was ,

In the troops but kept the name Gamelle. Only now she received the present form, but was slightly modified and improved on a regular basis. Through the use of aluminum, the weight has been reduced almost by half to 450 grams. The last facelift received Gamelle 1920 with an improved mounting of the bracket. Since then, has changed except the color change from black to green any more.

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