by Bury_Dave Mon May 14, 2012 12:42 pm
Looks original to me. I had a shed full of them i leeched onto eBay 8-10 years back. Made over £200 on every one i sold !
Silvermans has very good links to manufacturers and often got stuff but had a different label put on it so that it wasn't actual surplus that could be taken as having been nicked from the supply line. so, whilst not actually issued and ex-MoD, it isn't a rerop as such.
Oh, whilst they were used by a couple of members of the ill-fated and ill-led and poorly planned B20 team, they are officially the pack, combat, lightweight,1966 pattern and were first used in Oman and one can be seen worn by a very young Tony Jeapes in his book on the war there.
Dave