The only thing U.S. G. I. that looks like your pouch is the pre-war, early WWII Leather tool kit pouch for the B.A.R. this is in fact a WWI design phased out for a canvas style tool roll later on in WWII. As with the Garand belt Bore Cleaner, this pouch was designed to be carried in one of the rear pockets of the M1937 BAR Belt instead of a loaded magazines, the dead give away is the pouches size, which are about the same as a 20 round BAR Mag.
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