1919 Pattern Naval Web Equipment, An Introduction 

It is said that when HMS Cossack boarded the German supply ship Altmark to free the British merchant sailors captured by the 'pocket battleship' Graf Spee in 1940 that a few cutlasses that had been in ceremonial use in the ship were carried by the boarding party.

The Naval College at Dartmouth still have 19 pattern frogs blancoed white used for the cutlass carried by the escort commander of the Queens colour. Dated Meco 1923

I’d love to see further British service in Hong Kong. Many of the fortification from the battle of Hong Kong are still intact and hidden within the country parks.

Karkee Web 1919 Pattern page - www.karkeeweb.com/1919main.html

That backpack is extremely similar to the 08 Portuguese backpack with messtin and blanket loops.

Interesting thank you. Looks a practical set up. May I ask what the two green painted cylindrical canisters are on the shelf please? I'm assuming they are respirator/gas mask canisters? An experimental design perhaps? British? Not ribbed/stamped like German ones.

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Does British surplus smell the same as American surplus? That American Army/Navy store smell has been one of my favorite “let’s spend some money!” motivators since childhood.