Brace straps came yesterday. The weird thing is, I got two complete sets of them. I thought I was getting one and was happy because the pair cost less than buying one from Englandicon and that was before the shipping.

They can be used in a variety of ways but this is one used early in the war when traveling. This is the large pack. They did not do this later in the war as transportation by trucks became more common. They just threw everything in the trucks.

Bren magazines are due to arrive tomorrow.

One thing I didn't comment on that I am really impressed with this set up is the Bren pouches. I did not realize that everyone carried two of these with four magazines in them for the Bren gunners. Seems a very effective way to carry a lot of ammo into the field.

Created a question, however. What happened to all the spent magazines? Was it practice to police them up during the battle, after the battle or did they just get left behind? I can't imagine them policeing them up during a battle but if they were on the offensive or defensive and moving, I assume a lot were left behind.