LBT-0712A Map Case:
Made from 420D Olive Drab nylon pack cloth. The LBT-0712A map case was meant to hold a topographical map as well as small items such as a combination ruler/protractor, pens and pencils. It can be folded to fit in a BDU pocket [1].
Buckle:
Tag:
Gold label tag with a 757 area code phone number was introduced in 1997 [2]. Fort Sherman, the US Military Base in Panama shown on the map, closed in 1999 [3]. This is how the date range in the page title was derived.
Map:
1982 date. The map shows the area around Ft. Sherman, on the northern (Caribbean) side of Panama. Fort Sherman was the location of the Jungle Warfare School [3]. Panama City, where most of the fighting took place during Operation Just Cause, the US invasion of Panama (December 1989 – January 1990), is south of the area covered on the map [4].