WW1 British 1914 Pattern Large Pack

A WW1 1914 pattern large pack in excellent condition with all of its correct straps & fittings present & in very good order.
This piece is an American made example with double cap rivets & small brass clips to the reverse of each buckle tab. There is also a strip of longitudinal webbing to the rear behind the brace tabs this not being present on British made examples. A broad arrow numbered inspection mark & a soldiers handwritten name can be seen on the underside of the flap.

The decision to produce the new leather set to supplement the 1908 pattern webbing was made in early 1914 with the contracted requirement of one million sets being undertaken early on in 1914. Over sixty leather manufacturers were involved however due to the high demand needing to be met , it is estimated that as much as fifty percent of it was made by American firms these pieces being fundamentally the same with only minor manufacturing differences.

Code: 9881