Original WW2 RASC White Kit Bag, 1940.
- £32.00
1 in stock.
Genuine WW2 white, kit or duffle bag.
The white kit bag was ordered to be returned to the stores and was replaced by the brown kit bag in 1944. The white ones were then issued to recruits as it was considered a security risk with all those white kit bags being highly visible from the air at dock sides.
Made by Sadler & Sons.
Dated 1940.
Named to;
Major V.D.J. Saxon
R.A.S.C (Royal Army Service Corps).
Measures approx when laid out flat 42cms wide, 70cms tall.
Condition – dirty, marked and tatty. Eyelets corroded and pulling through, cord tatty. On the plus side all the seams are ok and we cannot find any holes in it. Lettering nice and clear.
