Pochette US WW1
Datée 6-1918, les pressions donnent
l'échelle. 2 oeillets de chaque côté du dos.
Quelques internautes pensent à un équipement médical
et plus précisément à une pochette pour le carnet de fiches
d'évacuation. qui saura en dire plus ?
Il pourrait s'agir soit d'une pochette destinée à accueillir le carnet de fiches d'évacuation de blessés, soit d'une cartouchière additionnelle précoce remplacée par les bandoleers (dixit Osprey) de type GB.
The item labeled as "Pochette US WW1" is not a first aid item. It is the "Pouch
for Small Articles" which was adopted in 1916 for the use of the infantry squad
leader to wear under the Meat Can Pouch on the Haversack suspended from the tab
for the intrenching tool. As the squad leader carried wire cutters on the belt
this place was available. The standard contents of the pouch were the squad "houswife"
or sewing kit, and adhesive tape and foot powder. Experience with the 1910
haversack equipment proved that such small and necessary items would be easily
lost if carried in the pack roll, and also the pack would have to be undone if
the items were needed on the "hike".
The concept was abandoned and the pouches were allowed to stock deplete and by
1923 were no longer in the supply system.