N° d'objet
201805.5.1
Titre
World War Two Haversack
Description
A World War Two British Army haversack, used by Lieutenant Leonard Prime (later Captain) when he landed in Normandy on D-Day +1 and was with him during the advance through North West Europe. It is a faded olive drab with one shoulder strap and two straps to seal the flap. On the inside of the flap is stamped "J. & A. H. 1945 BRITISH MADE". There are two metal buckles, three metal sectons of the shoulder strap, and a metal popper sealing a secondary pocket at the back.
Lieutenant Leonard Prime's company cleared the corpses of the fallen from D-Day, repaired roads, and cleared a minefield for a field bakery.
Date
1944 - 1945
Période de création
World War Two, North West Europe, 1944-1945
Matériel
Dimensions
- Height: 360 mm
- Width: 360 mm