British WWII Era Commando P42 Bergen Rucksack Hand Select:No with binding on all exposed

with binding on all exposed edges

a poncho roll and a large pack

but the Commandos settled on a design used in Bergan

Extremely scarce and very few available we believe these are Australian issued

or possibly from original manufacture

British WWII Era Commando P42 Bergen Rucksack Hand Select:No with binding on all exposedOriginal Item: Just two days after the end of the Dunkirk evacuation in June of 1940, the British Commandos were created, after a request from Winston Churchill to form an elite butcher and bolt raiding force to generate a reign of terror down the enemy coast. It soon became apparent that such an outfit would need load bearing equipment that would support long range independent operation, in other words, large capacity, versatile design, and rugged