19delta-uav Posted July 11, 2009 Share #26 Posted July 11, 2009 Bottom of M-1890 round mess kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19delta-uav Posted July 11, 2009 Share #27 Posted July 11, 2009 Handle shot of M-1890 round mess kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19delta-uav Posted July 11, 2009 Share #28 Posted July 11, 2009 #3 The odd one. I have never seen another one like this. This is the M-1890 with pie plate bottom, but the top seems to be the same as the regular m-1890 round mess kit. Experimental perhaps? This one is marked U.S. on the handle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19delta-uav Posted July 11, 2009 Share #29 Posted July 11, 2009 Side profile of the M-1890 Round mess kit pie plate bottom variant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19delta-uav Posted July 11, 2009 Share #30 Posted July 11, 2009 Handle shot of the M-1890 Round mess kit Pie plate bottom variant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19delta-uav Posted July 11, 2009 Share #31 Posted July 11, 2009 Thats all I have for right now. Let me know what you think. Im interested as to which one came first, the totally rounded m-1890 or the pie plate version. There are also differences in the handle closure systems of the two m-1890s. Perhaps just different makers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Romantic Posted July 12, 2009 Author Share #32 Posted July 12, 2009 Thanks for having your gf take the detailed photos! Unfortunately I can't add anything as far as info goes. Do you know what the bottom pan to your "pie pan" meat can is made of? Looks shiny rather than the aged tin on 1874 meat cans. Here's some more photos of the meat can in post 2 which is the same as you "pie pan" variation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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robinb Posted July 12, 2009 Share #35 Posted July 12, 2009 Here's my two round meat cans for comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Romantic Posted July 17, 2009 Author Share #36 Posted July 17, 2009 US Victory Museum sent me a photo this morning showing soldiers at Ft. Meade in 1917. Check out the meat can below the canteen cup. Does this look like a round meat can? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19delta-uav Posted July 18, 2009 Share #37 Posted July 18, 2009 Hey guys, Thanks for the great pictures. Mine looks like a combination of the angular mess kit you have there mixed with the top of the rounded mess kit. It definately fits, but I can see where there is space in the handle for the larger angular top. Great pics guys.! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evets Posted January 19, 2015 Share #38 Posted January 19, 2015 Although I am once again extremely tardy in a posting, I was told many years ago (like 25) that the round meat can (not the "pie tin" type pictured, which I have not seen before) was wartime contractor production (or a "substitute standard") for/during the Span Am War. The U.S. Army Center of Military History states that there were two variations, and that "Two batteries of the 3rd U.S. Artillery at the Presidio of San Francisco preparing for service in the Philippines received round meat cans. These items were also used in recruit mess halls at the beginning of World War I." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyCanteen Posted January 19, 2015 Share #39 Posted January 19, 2015 The 14th (as I recall, and some of the others) Engineer Regiment carried some of these with them to England and France in 1917. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
268th C.A. Posted January 22, 2015 Share #40 Posted January 22, 2015 Hey this is good stuff. I have both of these models, But was not sure of the nomenclature Model numbers. Thanks for the history lesion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manchu57 Posted January 22, 2015 Share #41 Posted January 22, 2015 Go to www.history.army.mil/html/museums/messkits.html You will find a great history on mess gear including the round mess kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manchu57 Posted January 22, 2015 Share #42 Posted January 22, 2015 Sorry the link is not working if you get the page not found go down to the website search, click on it then type in messkit the pdf file will come up. There is also one on uniforms om this site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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