Emergency pocket for bayonet Mod. 1891

a type made in late 1917, part of a series of bags conceived in canvas with reduced leather components to save leather, whose stocks, after the enormous losses of materials due to the Caporetto crisis, had dwindled dangerously. On the other hand, the linen buffets were based on experiments carried out by the Royal Army dating back to the beginning of the century, before 1909, as documented by tables by Quinto Cenni; the pocket is in havana canvas, with only the front part in natural leather; in excellent condition; rare