Original German WWII SS Marked M31 Aluminum Mess Kit Kochgeschirr with Carry Case - Dated 1939 Napoleonic and typically did not have

and typically did not have the cartridge information stamped on the gun (as is standard practice for most commercial firearms)

This is a very nice condition example of a German Late WWII Issue M31 canteen water bottle rig

and the shoulder strap has been shortened

as the cartridges chamber directly into the barrels

piston-engined fighter

Original German WWII SS Marked M31 Aluminum Mess Kit Kochgeschirr with Carry Case - Dated 1939 Napoleonic and typically did not haveOriginal Item: Only One Available. The SS (Schutzstaffel 'Protection Squadron') was originally formed in 1925, ostensibly to act as a small, loyal bodyguard unit to protect the Fhrer, Adolf AH. Under the direction of the Reichsfhrer SS Heinrich Himmler, the SS grew to be the most ruthless and feared organization of the 20th century. They were the vanguard of NSDAPsm and eventually controlled nearly every function of German life and much of Occupied