Combat Knife/Emergency Kit

[Brian Keith]

I picked up this kit at a gun show; the knife was one of the contents.

Components I see are dated 1967 and 1968.

Container is marked:

KIT-EMERGENCY, SUSTENANCE, AIR / TYPE E18 A SPEC / MIL-K-5775

I posted the full kit here: http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/335108-usaf-type-e18-emergency-kit/

Thanks for looking, comments welcome!

BKW

[Brian Keith]

Here is a photo of the contents.

Thanks for looking.

BKW

[doyler]

Brian....really great find.Cant imagine to many have survived with contents intact

[mdk0911]

Pretty cool pickup well done!!

[Brian Keith]

Thanks for the comments, I thought it was a neat find. Knife is not rare, bet cool to find in an emergency kit.

BKW

[sactroop]

Glad to see that dustin chimed in over on your original post. He literally wrote the book on WW2 emergency survival kits, and has been able to address some of my own questions regarding post WW2 survival kits used during the cold war.

I'm envious of your find.