British Army Can Opener - Original 1980s Compo

New old stock - Crows foot stamped with production dates ranging from 1980 - 1990
 
The original design of these can openers goes back to 1914, when soldiers had to feed themselves from rations sent up to the front lines and these can openers were included with the cans of bully beef etc. - they were manufactured in their hundreds of thousands, if not millions.
 
When the Army decided that boil-in-the-bag meals were better for troops than using cans. Consequently, they have become rare, as the majority were thrown away or melted down as scrap metal.
As a useful historical object, it ranks very highly!