{"id":697,"date":"2023-06-25T15:30:26","date_gmt":"2023-06-25T14:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horsebacksapper.co.uk\/?p=697"},"modified":"2024-03-08T20:39:25","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T20:39:25","slug":"the-officers-field-mess-tin-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horsebacksapper.co.uk\/?p=697","title":{"rendered":"The Officers Field Mess Tin Set"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>So yesterday I posted on Twitter about a project that I&#8217;ve had for a while and I&#8217;ve finally managed to make time to clean it up and it&#8217;s ready for display and possibly for use. I&#8217;m going to go through it step by step so bear with me and let me know what you think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thelairdofglencairn.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/06\/20230624_191052.jpg?w=767\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-702\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This an Officers private purchase mess tin. It has a registered pattern number that dates between 10 Jul 1914 and 24 Nov 1914. Now that doesn&#8217;t mean that it is a Great War item but it mean the design was registered at this point in time and is period appropriate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inside the cotton cover you can see the mess tin set.  The cover is held in place with a plain leather strap, which isn&#8217;t in too bad a condition.  The cover also closes with a small light push stud. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thelairdofglencairn.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/06\/dscf3561.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-704\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thelairdofglencairn.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/06\/dscf3562.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-705\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The set is formed with a deep pan and a lid that will act as a frying pan. Take the lid off and you can see a small kettle, a handle for both the Pan and Frying pan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thelairdofglencairn.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/06\/dscf3563.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-707\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Underneath the kettle is an aluminium plate. Everything sits together very nicely in pot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thelairdofglencairn.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/06\/dscf3564.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-708\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Take the lid of the kettle and you have a cup and some lose items. While the cup looks like it has a lid this isn&#8217;t the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thelairdofglencairn.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/06\/dscf3565.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-710\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thelairdofglencairn.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/06\/dscf3566.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-711\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The cup contains these 2 items. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thelairdofglencairn.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/06\/dscf3567.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-713\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>it&#8217;s a bit of an odd one to work out what they are until you realise that one of the items is actually upside down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thelairdofglencairn.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/06\/dscf3568.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-715\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>What we have is a cooker and a small fuel can. My gut feeling is that this may well be a mentholated spirits burner, its about the same size as my old tranga cooker that I would use for wild camping. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thelairdofglencairn.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/06\/dscf3569.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-716\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now the 3 arms are added and hey presto a small cooker ready to go for making a brew or doing a bit of bacon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thelairdofglencairn.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/06\/dscf3570.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-718\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thelairdofglencairn.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/06\/dscf3571.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-719\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The last piece is to finish the set and that is to add the handle to the cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thelairdofglencairn.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/06\/dscf3572.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-721\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Slot in the bottom of the handle into the bottom bracket and then press down and slot the top into the top bracket. Job done! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thelairdofglencairn.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/06\/dscf3573.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-722\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And just to show the pan handle in use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thelairdofglencairn.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/06\/dscf3574.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-724\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall a very nice period mess set for the Officer in the Field. I just need to keep an eye out for a campaign Knife Fork Spoon Set and then job done. It fits nicely with my Officer&#8217;s Field Kit, and will live in my musette bag with my whisky flask, and other essentials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thelairdofglencairn.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/06\/dscf3575.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-725\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So yesterday I posted on Twitter about a project that I&#8217;ve had for a while&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[13,34,38,47,53],"class_list":["post-697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-show-and-tell","tag-13","tag-field-equipment","tag-great-war","tag-mess-tin","tag-officer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horsebacksapper.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horsebacksapper.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horsebacksapper.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horsebacksapper.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horsebacksapper.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=697"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horsebacksapper.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":976,"href":"https:\/\/horsebacksapper.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697\/revisions\/976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horsebacksapper.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horsebacksapper.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horsebacksapper.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}