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To: naturalman1975

Compare the mace in the 1244 mounted knight’s kit with the mace in the 1916 private soldier’s kit.

Darn near identical.


20 posted on 12/08/2014 12:19:38 PM PST by NorthMountain
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To: NorthMountain
I'm looking at the greatcoat sleeve from the 1916 'Private Soldiers' kit.

Somebody would have had a very bad day if they'd called the person wearing that coat 'Private'.

Our Sergeant Major has a crown upon his arm.
And he thinks he's got it on his bloody head.

23 posted on 12/08/2014 12:30:54 PM PST by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: NorthMountain

One piece of equipment I see missing from the 1916 kit (though admittedly it probably wasn’t “issue”, more like improvised) is a trenching tool or spade with its edges and point sharpened. Besides the obvious earth-moving purpose, it also came in very handy as a close-quarter trench weapon...either for raiding (use it like a spear) or repelling a raid (use it like an axe).


26 posted on 12/08/2014 12:36:19 PM PST by M1903A1 ("We shed all that is good and virtuous for that which is shoddy and sleazy... and call it progress")
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