WW1 Officers Kit/Items

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Below are some items that were used by officers during WW1. Typically officers had access to better quality items such as uniforms and more creature comforts than their enlisted men. First is a inflatable pillow/cushion labeled "Khaki Komfort Kushion" from a New York based company, these were popular with US officer kits.

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The item below came out of an US Officers foot locker, it is a emergency raincoat, still sealed in its packaging. Patent date of August 1917. 

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Collapsible metal cup with leather pouch, I have seen various allied nations use similar type cups. 

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Here is a WW1 era US made thermos. It has a glass liner and aluminum body, complete with the screw cup. It is made by Landers, Frary and Clark (LFC), the same company that made mess gear for the US military during WW1. Last patent date on the bottom is March of 1917. My guess is that once the US declared war in April of 1917, production of these probably stopped and military contracts took over. 

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Here is a Kodak No. 2A Folding Autographic Brownie in near mint condition, introduced in 1915 and in production till 1926. It made 2 1/4" x 3 1/4" pictures and costed around $10 at the time. it had a faux leather box to contain the camera when not in use. This one most likely is from 1915-1916 judging by the serial numbers. Nearly half a million were produced by 1919, and while not rare, most officers had personal cameras in their possession during the war.