Original U.S. Indian Wars Model 1872 Meat Can - First Ever Issued U.S. Military Mess Kit Receivers Certainly captured during Operation Desert

Certainly captured during Operation Desert Storm

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Original U.S. Indian Wars Model 1872 Meat Can - First Ever Issued U.S. Military Mess Kit Receivers Certainly captured during Operation DesertOriginal Items: Only One Available. Incredibly rare Model 1872 Tin Meat Can. These were originally manufactured for a little less than two years, before being replaced by the much more improved Model 1874 Meat Can (Which was the predecessor to the famous Model 1910 Mess Kit, which a derivative thereof is still issued and used to this day!). In 1872 a board of officers recommended the adoption of a container to hold the issue meat ration for the