1908 Pattern Wire Cutter Pouch

[kylet183]

Hi all,

 

i was wondering if anyone could help me date this pouch?

 

The only info i can find is that WW1 models had the pressed brass loop and later version had a steel rectangle? Please correct me if i am wrong!

 

Thanks!

[peregrinvs]

The smooth snap suggests to me it's a post-WWII example. The WWI and WWII examples I've seen had a pebbled snap.

 

BTW. The 'Frog, cutter, wire, folding' was used with 1908 Pattern webbing, but isn't a formal component of that set. The frog was used all the way up to the PLCE era in the 1990's.

[uncle bill]

Hello, all the Great War vintage ones that I have seen, or owned, including the one I have kept, have the 1917 date.

Regards

Edited 17 November , 2018 by uncle bill