M16 #33 The strap is nicely woven

The strap is nicely woven

are JSS 67 I/1940 (Joseph Sankey & Sons Ltd

It appears to me made with pressed cardboard with a camouflage cloth covering

somewhere at some time added EGA stencils to both sides

The leather chinstrap is attached directly to the liner as opposed to the M16/17 arrangement

M16 #33 The strap is nicely wovenM16 #33 Shell: The shell is an original German, WW1, Model 1916 shell. It measures as a size 66 with the manufacturer stamps not visible. This shell is mostly solid and intact but has had a tough 100 years of existence. When acquired there was no original paint and I am quite convinced this shell spent part of its life as a hanging pot plant; there were a couple of drain holes punched in the crown and there were three holes around the rim where the