Hi Kev, mine is NZ 1943, I assume it started life on a lend lease No4 MK1*.
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Price is high even if original. Like others said, post war. Probably original, doubt they are making repros of post war slings yet. Dated war examples are in the $30's.
When I collected general militaria as a teenager back in the late 70's early 80's, , I used to buy pattern 1937 webbing for peanuts from a surplus store called Russles in Swindon Wiltshire.
You could buy a complete set of P37 webbing in the colour of your choice for £15, large bins of it.
You just added the entrenching tool, water bottle and bayonet for another £20 ish
There was so much of it you could easily put a set of RAF blue webbing together from the same manufacturer!
Slings, I used to rummage through the slings to find the best ones, with clear markings .... And put back the WW1 dated examples as they didn't interest me!!!
P37 slings, £1.50.
If only I had bought all the WW1 slings, I would have had a bloody retirement fund, the amount they go for today....
I ended up with numerous complete sets of web equipment, all manufacturer and colour matched in spotless condition.
When I took up shooting, I ended up selling the lot to dealers at arms fairs and they went silly over it, such is the interest in reenactment these days.
I recall it payed for my first two Lee Enfields!
I found an image. I use to visit this store in Swindon in the 1980's but some years earlier there was also a larger government surplus store at least twice the size. It was on the same road but closer to the centre of Swindon.
I still have some of the first aid tins that were purchased from there in the 1970's, "Outfit First Aid Small For Armoured Fighting Vehicles" and also a pair of field telephones.