magazine pouch with strap

Magazine pouch mark II design after 1940. This is a later or Mark II product following AC 604 in 1940 stating that the belt hooks should be lower (2 inches from the base) lifting the puich off the thights and higher on to the chest. This pouch maintains the early feature of 3 loops on the inner flap for ballistic cartridges and used with the grenade cup discharger. The strap is marked J.D.E. CN AA/C