Original U.S. WWII Army Air Corps Type E-17 Emergency Sustenance Kit with Mirror & Contents in Carrier British Holsters Blade length is approximately 25

Blade length is approximately 25 1/2" and overall length 36 1/2"

They didn’t know what the heck was happening- of course because we wrote so often

introduced a year before the Russian M-36

It is also maker marked by Berliner Fahnenfabrik/  Gietel & Co

Original U.S. WWII Army Air Corps Type E-17 Emergency Sustenance Kit with Mirror & Contents in Carrier British Holsters Blade length is approximately 25Original Item: Only One Available. Officially known as the United States Army Air Forces "Kit, Emergency Sustenance, Type E 17". Colloquially called a 'personal aid' kit this contained escape and evasion equipment food in two separate waterproof ethyl cellulose plastic flasks designed to fit into a small olive drab canvas pouch separated by an Emergency Signaling Mirror 1 signal mirror (ESM 1). A list of the components and directions for use is