S McKibben Posted September 19, 2010 Share #26 Posted September 19, 2010 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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doyler Posted September 19, 2010 Share #28 Posted September 19, 2010 I think these are a ration pack for a saddle?seems there is a thread here on them.THose tags are post WW1 and more of a unit control number or ID number.Possible it was used in a medical unit or by an individual in a medical unit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamma Posted September 20, 2010 Share #29 Posted September 20, 2010 It is a M1912 Cavalry Ration bag but the Medical Department issued these as well. There is a thread about these bags: WWI Medics & Cavalry Ration Bags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S McKibben Posted September 20, 2010 Share #30 Posted September 20, 2010 OK bringing it back to top.Here is one I just picked up with US Medic insignia on the flaps.It also has a big piece of gauze inside.Dated 1917. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S McKibben Posted September 20, 2010 Share #31 Posted September 20, 2010 more pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scmcgeorge Posted September 20, 2010 Share #32 Posted September 20, 2010 Hey guys.... If you wear a complete M1910 pack with the blanket roll it rides so low you cannot accomplish a 2 man litter carry. The 1912 cavalry pack rides higher making 2 man litter carry possible. Allso the reason you see the horseshoe roll added to m1912 Steve McG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atb Posted September 20, 2010 Share #33 Posted September 20, 2010 The round tags are M1919 Equipment Marking Tags and were used to identify a soldier's issued equipment. The ones on your set of Ration Bagsrs have the Medical department banch insignia which would make it an item to be issued to a medical soldier. I have identified the Equipment Marking Tags several times and have even submitted the period official drawing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keystone Posted September 20, 2010 Share #34 Posted September 20, 2010 The following article explains everything you ever wanted to know about why the Hospital Corps adopted the ration bags and other gear. Starting at page 421. Tim http://books.google.com/books?id=NScCAAAAY...rps&f=false Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noworky Posted September 20, 2010 Share #35 Posted September 20, 2010 If used on a horse they would have probably been used as pommel bags but I figured what heck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broccoli Posted July 4, 2011 Share #36 Posted July 4, 2011 Hello! just to show you my bag, I really like it, I hope you will also enjoy... I have won it 2 years ago on Ebay(sadly it's missing it's straps ( http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/uploads//p...-1176330521.jpg ) - the only pair I have seen was sold on ebay for 69USD... really much for me ) I have heard the medics udes it because the M1910 haversack could not be opened to put 1 thing out, just rolled of, and this work as a normal bag with flap.. (if its allready written here, than sorry..) Frankie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VolunteerArmoury Posted August 30, 2011 Share #37 Posted August 30, 2011 Were these bags still used with the medics bags into the twenties and thirties until the World War Two style was adopted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LtRGFRANK Posted August 30, 2011 Share #38 Posted August 30, 2011 Here's the ration bag configured to fit over the saddle Heres the feed bag. I think the grain was carried in a drawstring bag that tied on the saddle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsystem4 Posted August 30, 2011 Share #39 Posted August 30, 2011 Were these bags still used with the medics bags into the twenties and thirties until the World War Two style was adopted? The medic bags and yoke of WWII were introduced in 1932 for wear with the m1910/1928 pack. I have not seen any 1930's or WWII photos of Medics using the m1912 ration bags. I have seen a photo of a navy corpsman using a wwi medic belt pre WWII but i can't find it right now. Anybody know when the navy 14-280 bags were introduced? or why the army m1912 hospital corps pouch didn't see more widespread issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abqpropguy Posted December 1, 2016 Share #40 Posted December 1, 2016 I thought I would post some photos of my m1912 bag I got about a year ago and a photo I got today. It had a handful of leather straps stored inside which were used to bind the two pouches together Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abqpropguy Posted December 1, 2016 Share #41 Posted December 1, 2016 ....and here is the photo. Not sure if it was taken stateside or in Europe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavsaddle Posted December 5, 2016 Share #42 Posted December 5, 2016 These cantle/backpack bags were originally issued with the M1912 experimental saddle. The photos included in this post show these bags as they were used on the M1912 saddle. George. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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