I have several 1942-44 magazine pouches designed to carry 15-round M1icon carbine magazines. These vintage pouches seem to have brass hardware which is tarnished and bluish in places, but not affecting the fabric. One 1942-marked pouch has caused a big rust stain on the pouch fabric, however, because the male portion of the snap is apparently made of steel or iron and has rusted. Were many of the early magazine pouches made with iron hardware? How would you go about trying to remove the rust from the fabric, where it seems to have penetrated all the way through the fabric in an area about the size of a half dollar?
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