Original U.S. Vietnam War Sealed and Unopened Type C Field Ration “C-Rat” by Southern Package & Storage Co. - Dated December 1962 ZB 26-ZB 30 Similarly to its predecessors

Similarly to its predecessors

• Red and gilt striped and tasseled waist belt

Untested so we no idea if this is functioning however an interesting original WWII air war item

The best feature of this helmet is definitely the original 34th Infantry Division - "The Sandstorm Division" emblem in the center of the front of the helmet

partly worn through at the top of the belt loop

Original U.S. Vietnam War Sealed and Unopened Type C Field Ration “C-Rat” by Southern Package & Storage Co. - Dated December 1962 ZB 26-ZB 30 Similarly to its predecessorsOriginal Item: Only One Available. Now this was a fantastic discovery! Its not very often you come across a C Ration case still unopened and sealed. While the initial specification was officially declared obsolete in 1945, and production of all Type C rations ended in 1958, existing stockpiles of both original and revised Type C rations continued to be issued to troops serving in Korea and even as late as the Vietnam War. A Marine tank commander