In my CCF days we still had 1937 pattern webbing. The Army gifted us a huge number of mint condition small packs , L braces and ammo pouches with 1950's date stamps. I spent a dat assembling 50 sets of webbing but there was a shortage of the brass buckles needed to attach the packs. The solution was to remove them from a box of other non 1937 pouches that had been in the corner of the store for decades. Quick cut with a razor blade and the buckle was a perfect match.
To my eternal regret I have t confess that these were in fact the 1908 ammunition pouches dating from the pre WW2 OTC days: currently retailing for £50+ each. I must have destroyed hundreds if not over a thousand pounds worth of 1908 webbing.........
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