YOU ARE PURCHASING A KOREAN WAR ERA USMC M1941 CANVAS UPPER COMBAT FIELD PACK HAVERSACK.
THIS LATER ROLL TOP VERSION FIELD PACK IS MADE OF OD #7 CANVAS WHILE MOST OF THE TRIM AND THE WEBBING COMPONENTS ARE MADE OF OD #3 KHAKI MATERIALS. IT HAS NUMEROUS STRAPS THAT WERE USED TO CLOSE THE FRONT FLAP AND ALSO TO ATTACH THE PACK TO A SET OF SUSPENDERS. A BLANKET ROLL COULD BE TIED HORSESHOE-FASHION ONTO THE PACK BY USING 3 STRAPS AND BUCKLES, ONE LOCATED ON THE TOP FLAP AND THE OTHERS ON THE SIDES OF THE PACK. IN ADDITION THERE ARE 2 GROMMETED TABS SEWN TO THE TOP FLAP: ONE ON THE FRONT FOR HANGING THE ENTRENCHING TOOL AND ANOTHER ON THE RIGHT SIDE TO CARRY THE BAYONET.
THIS COMBAT PACK SHOWS SOME FIELD USAGE WEAR AND TEAR BUT OVERALL IT IS IN GOOD USED CONDITION. ALL STRAPS AND HARDWARE ARE PRESENT AND IN WORKING ORDER EXCEPT FOR ONE SMALL 8 INCH WEB STRAP THAT HAS GONE MISSING. IT WOULD HAVE NORMALLY BEEN ATTACHED TO THE LOWER PORTION OF THE FRONT OF THE BAG AND WAS DESIGNED TO SECURE THE HANDLE OF THE ENTRENCHING TOOL FROM SWINGING AROUND. OVER TIME THE GOVERNMENT SPECIFICATION STAMPINGS ON THE INNER FLAP HAVE FADED AND HAVE BECOME BASICALLY ILLEGIBLE. ON A CLOSE REVIEW YOU CAN MAKE OUT SOME OF THE GOVERNMENT'S SPECIFICATION STAMP THAT READ: "SUPPLY DEPARTMENT U. S. MARINE CORPS 1951-1952". (SEE LAST PHOTO).
WEIGHT: 2 LBS, 2 OZ.
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U.S. CUSTOMERS WE WILL USE USPS / ACTUAL SHIPPING COST
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