US ARMY WW1 PEDERSEN DEVICE KHAKI SPRINGFIELD RIFLE BOLT POUCH RIA 1919 RARE Nsdap Gold Long Service Award 25 Years With Ribbon two auxiliary front straps

two auxiliary front straps

330000 Country German Era WWII

The K98 ammo pouches were traditionally worn in pairs on the waist belt

These are the markings on the extractor small parachute (Sprungfallschirm):

Marked Zundeerbuschse 1 on top with various German manufacture codes and dates inside

US ARMY WW1 PEDERSEN DEVICE KHAKI SPRINGFIELD RIFLE BOLT POUCH RIA 1919 RARE Nsdap Gold Long Service Award 25 Years With Ribbon two auxiliary front strapsORIGINAL US ARMY WW1 PEDERSEN DEVICE KHAKI SPRINGFIELD RIFLE BOLT POUCH RIA 1919 RARE Springfield Armory 1903 MK I . 30 06 SPRG Pedersen device 1919 RIA marked bolt pouch The US Army sought to break the stalemate on the Western Front in WW1 by putting enormous firepower in the hands of assault infantry to be used in the proposed offensive known as "Plan 1919". It was to be the final offensive, with almost every US infantryman armed with an automatic