Original U.S. WWII USAAF Enameled Portable Mess Set in Transit Chest - By CRESCO 1944 Headgear The Bavarians

The Bavarians

I WOULD NOT SELL IT OUT FOR LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILLION AND IF OUR GOVERNMENT HAD ANY BRAINS THEY WOULD PAY THAT PRICE AND KEEP IT SECRET

Each helmet has been stripped and repainted in Desert Issue TAN

Each completed raw M-1 helmet shell weighed 2

This indicates that this weapon was not intended for a British military contract but was aimed at the overseas market most specifically the United States who were about to embark on its most terrible Civil War

Original U.S. WWII USAAF Enameled Portable Mess Set in Transit Chest - By CRESCO 1944 Headgear The BavariansOriginal Item: Only one set available. This set consist of a wooden transit chest measuring 18" x 14" x 13" containing enameled plates and cups with stainless steel flatware. The chest, with paint no doubt refreshed, is Olive Drab and bears in white lettering: FIGHTER SQUADRON, FAIRFORD, ENGLAND USAAF The United States Army Air Force was stationed at Fairford Air Base, which was constructed in 1944 in the village of Fairford in the Cotswolds, one of