Opinion needed: Shell Dressings Bag

[Cndian]

Hello,

I would like to know your opinions about this shell dressings bag.

Is the redcross orginal? Sorry for the bad quality photos.

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Thanks in advance

[douglas2496]

In my judgement yes its fine, just a bit crudely done. Here is my one for comparison.

Doug

[Warspite]

Nice bag, looks okay to me. This is mine:



I've always wondered what the '2' on the front refers to, I've seen it on a few over the years. My example is an MECo version:



Ed

[Heavington]

Looks okay to me.

[karkee]

Nice bag, looks okay to me. This is mine:



I've always wondered what the '2' on the front refers to, I've seen it on a few over the years. My example is an MECo version:



Ed

Hi Ed,

I think your example was made by M. & Co. rather than M.E.Co, not that it really matters.

I always wondered what year this style of shell dressing bag was introduced since I had never seen an example with a date earlier than 1942. Then I came across the following pictures on a militaria site, which show that they were around as early as 1939.