Chinese Type 56 PLA Canteen with Canvas Cover (Field Worn) Uniforms with quick-release buckles enabling rapid

with quick-release buckles enabling rapid access

The fabric and cut align with known SADF wet-weather coats issued for operational and base use in South West Africa/Namibia and Angola

Below the lion is the inscription "THE KING'S OWN

MK 11 oil bottle broad arrow marked

Chinese Type 56 PLA Canteen with Canvas Cover (Field Worn) Uniforms with quick-release buckles enabling rapidOriginal Chinese Type 56 military canteen with aluminium body and ribbed screw cap, housed in khaki canvas cover with drawstring closure. Heavily field worn with visible service damage, consistent with African conflict use. Widely exported to communist aligned forces during the Cold War.