NAM.1982-08-19-3

Sleeping bag or valise, 1914-1918 (c); made of brown canvas forming a sleeping bag when unfolded and a valise when rolled, and secured with leather straps; lined with brown drill; rounded at the foot and curving upon itself at the top to form a pillow or bolster; sides lace together with a cord passing through seven eyelets; patch pocket inside a flap covering the top; painted on the outside with the owner’s details, Maj A I Fraser DSO, 9th Hodson’s Horse.

World War One (1914-1918)