British Martini-Henry Mk I Striker, LSA Manufacture MP 44 so these are rarely seen

so these are rarely seen

The knapsack (lower bag) had two straps to close its main flap and side straps to hold the lower arms of the horseshoe blanket roll (if rolled the long way)

and possibly Luftwaffe pilots

as the holder would have surely risked a charge of treason

IMA carries much of the equipment and weapons seen in this film: not the film's props but the actual equipment used by the soldiers depicted in the film

British Martini-Henry Mk I Striker, LSA Manufacture MP 44 so these are rarely seenOriginal Item: The first striker issued with the early Martini Henry rifles was the Mk I. It immediately turned out to be too fragile, and before the initial field testing of the Martini was done, the Mk I was replaced with a strengthened version, the Mk II. The Mk I was in use for such a very short time that it may be the rarest Martini component part. IMA has found a very, very few original British Mk I strikers among the Mk II and Mk III Martini