American M12 Machine Gun Tool Roll, used for cleaning M17 Browning machine gun in used condition with original maker markings found a local brocante in Bras a village just outside Bastogne from the Bulge battle 1944-1945

This is a American M12 Machine Gun Tool Roll, used for cleaning M17 Browning machine gun which has all of its original maker markings clear to see.The pouch has been well used and is very solid not braking up or falling apart and still its original colours perfect for display or any collection.The pouch was found on a local brocante or boot fair in Bras a village just outside Bastogne this village is were British and American forces both re captured it from the Germans during the fighting in early 1945. This pouch was used in the fighting that took place in the Ardennes Forest during the battle of the Bulge in the winter of 1944-1945.A very nice unusual relic found in September 2020 in Belgium ware it has been since the battle. 

on the 13th January 1945 the last German soldiers occupying the village of Bras the village of Bras near Bastogne the scene of heavy fighting at the end of the Battle of the Bulge. On the following day the village of Bras was liberated, and a historic meeting took place when the American forces linked up with the British forces and drove the Germans back into Germany.