Unknown 1943 webbing pouch

[marinus]

Hello everyone,

It is that time of the year again that I start searching for stuff from the past in my moving boxes.
Yesterday I found this webbing item.
Can anyone of you gents tell me what this pouch is for?

Greetings from the Netherlands,

Marinus

[Australia]

I am thinking a compass ,

[douglas2496]

If its a compass pouch it should have a soft padded interior. I dont think it is.

[kradman]

Its a compass pouch,I have one the same with the compass in it

[douglas2496]

Fair enough. It does have differences to the standard 37 compass pouch though.

I'm confused about the attachment fittings on the back, Is it a belt loop? How would it attach to a belt?

[kradman]

Here is the one i have , which looks to be post war but the same pattern

[Warspite]

My understanding was they were for ammeters or something similar, the compass fitting is just a coincidence. A better and more padded compass pouch already existed as part of the 37 Patt set so why create something new that didn't work with the holster, binocular pouch etc? I will have a hunt in my reference books and see if I can find anything further though...

[kradman]

You may be right but i have seen this type of pouch used for the compass in a Royal Engineer store in the 1980s ,may be down to lack of the proper 58 patt pouch being available i dont know . I will dig my one out and see if i can try and read the text on the front to see if it helps

[marinus]

Thanks for the response everyone.
I've uploaded an extra picture of the inside of the pouch.

Marinus

[karkee]

I think it's for a voltmeter...

RARE Webbing:"1942 VOLTMETER CASE" (Signals Corps, Airborne, Paras, SAS etc) (10/26/2014)