Web Equipment, Pattern 1908, Strap, supporting
Stores Ref. A1/AA 1731 Strap, web, supporting, W.E. Patt. ’08
Stores Ref. A1/AA 1731 Strap, supporting, pack 1946
Stores Ref. CN/AA 1731 Web Equipment, Patt. ’37, Strap, web, supporting pack
Nomenclature-wise, the Strap, supporting, had chequered history, starting with the old Section 1A nomenclature under the Priced Vocabulary of Stores (P.V.O.S.). Up to 1920, this had been arranged alphabetically, but with Patterns ’14, ’08 W.E., ’03 B.E., ‘88 V.E. and ’82 V.E. grouped at the end. In 1924, the publication became the Vocabulary of Army Ordnance Stores, the old Section 1A being inverted to A1. The whole V.A.O.S. was placed in alphabetical order, giving a sub-group “Straps”, which ran through Straps, black; Straps, brown; Straps, buff; Straps, steadying and finally Straps, web. Under the last were Greatcoat, B.E., Patt. ’03 and Supporting, W.E., Patt. ’08. This introduced the grammatically redundant word “web” being coupled to “W.E.”.
In 1946, when Patt. ’08 was made obsolete, its Pack and Straps were retained for use with Patt. ’37. The L. of C. incorrectly rendered the Extended use item as Strap, supporting, pack, adding pack (a word that had never appeared before), but omitting the word web, which was still needed as Straps, web, greatcoat were still only obsolescent, until made obsolete in 1947. The nomenclature was then correct, at last. Then in 1951, L. of C. C4686 suddenly – and un-necessarily - introduces web again, whilst incorrectly losing the comma between supporting and pack. It was this L. of C. that finally gave the Pack and its Straps a Patt. ’37 nomenclature.
Please note: as these are military surplus there may be some colour, quality and style variation to the image shown.
- 67cm long
- 26mm wide
- 3mm thick
