Featured Army mess medical insignia items

Mug, creamer and sugar. I've had these for a while. Just sharing.

 

Cool - quite the little cross collection -- American potteries and military wares!

 

As long as we're sharing...
These are commonly called watch* mugs; this one is 3 5/8" high, 3 3/4" diameter rim, 2 3/4" foot diameter, 5/16" wall thickness; it weighs ~572 grams (20.19 oz).
The U.S. Quartermaster Corps It is the oldest logistics
branch of the US Army, established on June 16, 1775. The Quartermaster Corps is responsible for supporting the Army's supply, subsistence, and material needs, both in peace and war.
*While on watch, hot coffee is a real an' necessary comfort. The heat was also good to keep your hands warm. No handle, so y'must wrap at least one hand around the mug to drink from it, an' often both were used. Picture a North Atlantic Convoy; January, at night, a sailor in a pea-coat stands bow-watch on each vessel... Brrr!
Watch mugs are life-savers, almost literally.

 

U.S.Q.M.C.-United States Quarter Master Corps. ? Nice pre-war.
Whit-You should've opened a stores decades...or aeons ago !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

You're not the first to have that inspiration, Bosko!

 

-or an entire mall.
By the way Whit-that's probably the model cup that Gable & Tracy were drinking from when they made 'Test Pilot' in 1938.

 

I have an army Medical Corps coffee cup, too. It's my favorite, because straight from the cupboard, I can pour hot coffee into it and drink it right away. The cold china cools the hottest coffee, while the hot coffee warms the cup, achieving a perfect temperature, and maintaining it!

 

Leave it to the US Govt to invent the first version of a Yeti cup & then donate the Tech to the private sector-good thinkin' boys !