British WWII Era Commando P42 Bergen Rucksack Hand Select:No or possibly from original manufacture

or possibly from original manufacture

An M35 helmet has a rolled rim around the edge of it

but the Commandos settled on a design used in Bergan

What is the difference between an M35

It is in very good used condition

British WWII Era Commando P42 Bergen Rucksack Hand Select:No or possibly from original manufactureOriginal Item: Just two days after the end of the Dunkirk evacuation in June of 1940, the British Commandos were created, after a request from Winston Churchill to form an elite butcher and bolt raiding force to generate a reign of terror down the enemy coast. It soon became apparent that such an outfit would need load bearing equipment that would support long range independent operation, in other words, large capacity, versatile design, and rugged