Field equipment

MG34 and MG42 ammunition boxes
A guide to collecting Waffen-SS belt buckles
The Coconut canteen; Ritters not so tropical canteen
German Army butter dish variants
Camouflaged gasmask canister – Three tone “Normandy” camouflage
Camouflaged gasmask canister – Three tone “Normandy” camouflage
M42 Canteen – CFL44 – orange bakelite cup
M42 Canteen – Deutsche Emailwarenfabrik (DEF) – Schindler
M42 Canteen – Deutsche Emailwarenfabrik (DEF) – Schindler
M42 Canteen – Deutsche Emailwarenfabrik (DEF) – Schindler
M42 Canteen – Deutsche Emailwarenfabrik (DEF) – Schindler
M42 Canteen – CFL44
“Coconut” Canteen – HRE 43
M42 Canteen – E. 43 – VerBliFa – Tinned Example
Tropical M31 Canteen – Labeflasche – V.A.L. 43
M42 Canteen – MN 42 – Red Painted Cup
M42 Canteen – RBNr. 0/0571/0118 – C&CW 43
M42 Canteen – Labeflasche – MN 44 – Steel 1L Variant
Rubber equipment belt – unmarked
MP40 Pouch – Blue Webbing – Unmarked
Marschkompass – Hitler Jugend Issue – Factory Wrapping
Pistole 37m Üng. Holster – Softshell – cdc 43
Steel belt buckle – Heer – Tropical Gustav Brehmer 1941
Pioneer heavy equipment belt hanger – Unit marked – C. Riese 1937
“Coconut” Canteen – HRE 43
6×30 Dienstglas – cag 82700 – Battle damaged
6×30 Dienstglas – cag 312422
K98 bayonet – 44 cqh
Straight E-tool cover – nju
G43 Pouch – CNY 44
MP40 Pouches – eqr 41
Short handled pioneer shovel – Pressstof pouch – AB&C 1940
K98 bayonet – 41 ffc
MP44 / STG44 pouch – Unmarked
M31 Messkit – kvu 44
Tropical Y-straps – Jean Weipert Offenbach 1941 – Found in Oosterbeek!
Grenade launcher pouch – dkk 43
Grenade launcher pouch – cxb 42
Rifle grenade pouches – Blue fabric – Rayon straps
Rifle grenade pouches – Blue fabric
Rifle grenade pouches – Blue fabric
Tropical M31 Canteen – Labeflasche – MN42
M42 Canteen – AEMA
Y-straps – Wirtschaftsamt Litzmannstadt
Tropical Y-straps – gjl 1942
M31 Breadbag – Briel, Frankfurt A.M.
Steel belt buckle – Heer – JFS
M42 Canteen – CFL44 – Green bakelite cup
Tropical M31 Canteen – Labeflasche – G&CL 43
Y-straps – Light brown – Unreadable RBNr.
Medical large Canteen – Labeflasche – CFL 39
MP40 Pouches – cqr 42
K98 bayonet – 42 asw – Red blueing
MG 34/42 tool pouch – bdt 45 – Italian leather
P08 Holster – Hardshell – DUL 1940
Equipment belt – RBNr. 0/0353/0087 – 1943
Fuze setting pouch – J. Ensch & Co. 1934
Y-strap – K.W.K. 1940 – Aluminium hardware
Equipment belt – Tropical – 1941
M31 Messkit – SMM 35
Short handled wire cutters – pressstof pouch – hjh 41
Equipment belt – ftb 43
Straight E-tool – AB&C – Tan cover – bla 44
Mapcase – bml 42 – Oberjaeger Zimmerman – FJR 5
MP40 Pouch – Blue – Unmarked
K98 bayonet – clc 44 – M42 Frog
K98 Bayonet – Dürkopp 38
M31 Messkit – DMN 43
M31 Messkit – ccj 41
A-frame – Tropical – Ehrhardt & Kirsten 1941
K98 Bayonet – cul. 41
MP44 / STG44 pouch – jwa 44
M42 Canteen – Deutsche Emailwarenfabrik (DEF) – Schindler
M42 Rucksack – Blue fabric – RBNr. 0/0125/0035
M31 Gebirgsjäger Rucksack – RBNr. 0/0684/0007
M42 Rucksack – Mixed materials – RBNr.
Tropical M41 Rucksack – M. Forker, 1942
Artillery Rucksack – Martin Forker, 1942
M44 Rucksack – Brown leather
MP44 / STG44 pouch – Unmarked
M31 Messkit – HRE 38
K98 Bayonet – asw 44
K98 pouches – RBNr. 0/0675/0122
Tropical M31 Canteen – FWBN 41
MP38 pouch – 1st pattern – Fallschirmjäger – 6 cell
M31 Messkit – RZM M6/1/39
Mapcase – 0/0323/0003 – Named to Morck
A-frame – Tropical
Aluminium buckle – Hitler Jugend – RZM M4/39 – Crimped catch
K98 Bayonet – S/173G – 1935
Butterdish – Trichromatic bakelite – 1944
Short handled wire cutters – Ersatz pouch
A-frame – Brown leather – 1939
MP40 Pouches – bdr 43
M31 Canteen – WWE 37
6×30 Dienstglas case – Black bakelite
Steel belt buckle – Heer – RODO
Unblackened Mapcase – Otto Schmidt 1942 – Rubberized divider
Aluminium buckle – Heer – C. Balmberger Nürnberg
MP40 pouches – clg 43
Grenade launcher pouch – Brown pebbled leather – cxb 44
MP44 / STG44 pouch – fuq 1944
Fuze setting pouch – gmn 1944
M44 breadbag – 0/0750/0072
K98 bandoleer – Splitter B – 0/0510/0052 1943
10×50 Dienstglas case – Tan Presstoff – hte 1944
M42 Messkit – Deutsche Emailwarenfabrik
Presstoff equipment belt – unmarked
K98 bandoleer – Tan
K98 bayonet frog – M42 – RBNr. 0/0833/0041
Light brown K98 pouches – 0/0396/0027
Short handled wire cutters – Tan Pressstof pouch
P08 Holster – Hardshell – Karl Ackva, Bad Kreuznach 1939
MP40 pouch – Blue – Unmarked
K98 Bayonet – 44 agv
Alpaca belt buckle – Heer – Transitional / Left facing eagle 1936
Luftwaffe Equipment belt – Joseph Moll 1938 – LBA
M42 Messkit – ET 42
K98 bayonet frog – WERSA 1941
Luftwaffe Equipment belt – Franz Brehme 1939 – LBA
K98 pouches – LLG Saar 1939
Aluminium buckle – Heer – Paulmann & Crone 1938
Wooden map plotting board
Tropical breadbag – 1942
Folding E-tool – gcq 41
MKB 42 pouch – jwa 43
M31 Canteen – ESB 34
Zinc buckle – Hitler Jugend – RZM M4/39
P38 holster – Softshell – gxy 1945
MP40 Pouch – gfg 43
K98 Bayonet – asw 43 – Litzmannstadt webbing frog
K98 bayonet frog – Luftwaffe – blue webbing
Kriegsmarine 7×50 Dienstglas – E. Leitz Wetzlar
MKB42 pouches – jwa 4
MP40 pouch – jsd 1942
MP40 pouch – clg 42
MP40 pouch – dkk 42
MP40 pouch – dkk 41
MP40 pouch – hjg 1943
MP40 pouch – gmn 1942
MP40 pouches – clg 43
K98 bandoleer – Tan – 0/0510/0052 1944
K98 Bayonet – 43 cof
Steel belt buckle – Luftwaffe – Hermann Aurich 1940
Steel belt buckle – Heer – H. Arld 1941
Aluminium belt buckle – Waffen-SS – RZM 822/37 ᛋᛋ
Gas cape and pouch – agd 1940
Gas cape and pouch – agd 1943
Gas cape and pouch – Pre war – C.P.39
Gas cape and pouch – Tropical – Tp/Ark
M31 Canteen – FSS 39
K98 bayonet – J. Sch. 1939 – Bakelite grips
K98 bayonet – 44 cvl – wooden grips
K98 bayonet – Jos Corts 1939 – Bakelite grips
M31 Messkit – OHW 44
Equipment belt – Tropical – Jobra 1943
K98 bandoleer – Blue – Unmarked
A-frame pouch – Jean Weipert Offenbach am Main 1940
Aluminium buckle – Heer – R. Sieper & Sohne 1938
Steel belt buckle – Heer – B. Haarmann 1941
Steel belt buckle – Heer – B&N-43
Steel belt buckle – Heer – Unmarked Assmann
Steel belt buckle – Heer – Unmarked Brüder Schneider
MP40 pouch – first model – bnz 1941
Police P08 holster – Hardshell – Schambach & Co Berlin 1942
P38 holster – Hardshell – Cristof Neuner Lederfabrik 1943
Straight E-tool – R. Dahlmann Sohn 1935
straight E-tool cover – Lederwarenwerk Curt Vogel, Cottbus 1934
M31 Messkit – HWP 34
M31 Messkit – FWBN 38
M42 Messkit – WJ43
M42 Canteen – AEMA 43
Straight E-tool cover – bla 1944
Tan straight E-tool cover – bdt 44
M42 Canteen – SMM 45
Aluminium buckle – Heer – Dransfeld & Co 1937
P38 holster – Softshell – dkk 44
P38 holster – Hardshell – bml 43
Tropical M31 Canteen – Labeflasche – RFI 41
P38 holster – Softshell – bml 44
A-frame – tropical – Wersa München 1941
Pioneer saw – Marke Steigo – kkd 1942
MP40 pouch – gfg 1943
Medical large Canteen – Labeflasche – CFL 42
MP44 / STG44 pouch – unmarked
Aluminum belt buckle – Waffen-SS – RZM 36/40 ᛋᛋ
Aluminum belt buckle – Waffen-SS – RZM 36/38 ᛋᛋ
Zinc belt buckle – Waffen-SS – RZM 822/42
Equipment belt – 0/0676/0120
Steel belt buckle – Waffen-SS – RZM 155/40 ᛋᛋ
MKB42 / MP43 pouch – jmb 1943
MP44 / STG44 pouch – kkd 1944
MP44 / STG44 pouch – unmarked
MP44 / STG44 pouches – jwa 44
Aluminium buckle – Heer – R. Sieper & Sohne 1936
Alpacca buckle – Hitlerjugend – RZM M4/72
M31 Messkit – CFL 41
M42 Canteen – MN 1944 – Brown bakelite cup
M42 Canteen – MN 44 / sku 1945
Straight E-tool cover – evg 43
Tan straight E-tool cover – fuq 1943
Camouflaged gasmask canister – Two tone camouflage Normandy KIA
M31 Messkit – HRE 41 – original factory wrapper
MP40 pouch – Otto Koberstein 1942
G43 pouch – fuq 1944 – used pouch
MG 34/42 ammunition carrying strap – Tragegurt 34 – woven recycled material
MP44 / STG44 pouch – jwa 44
MP44 / STG44 pouch – jwa 44
M31 Canteen – Labeflasche – EEF 43
Folding E-tool – agv 42
Folding E-tool cover – jsd 42
A-frame – tropical – Lohmann Werke A.G. 1941
A-frame – Brown leather straps –
Tan straight E-tool cover – jwa 4
Esbit Modell 101 – Stuttgart-Untertürkheim
K98 bayonet frog – gfg 1942
K98 pouches – 0/0365/0012
M31 Canteen – emk 42
MP44 / STG44 pouch – ROS 1944
Steel belt buckle – Heer – Tropical Hermann Aurich 1942
Y-strap – Franz Brehme, Walsrode 1940
M42 canteen – L&SL 44
M42 messkit – MN43
Brown equipment belt – Stecher Freiberg 6 39
Steel belt buckle – Heer – Reichswehr – Schmole & Comp. 1923
Steel belt buckle – Heer – Reichswehr – B.H. Haarmann 1934
Brown P38 holster – Hardshell – lyo
P38 holster – Hardshell – gcx 1942
P38 holster – Softshell – ros 1944
P08 holster – Hardshell – Karl Bücker, Waldbröl 1939
Camouflaged gasmask canister – Battle damaged two tone camouflage
Camouflaged gasmask canister – Three tone “Normandy” camouflage
Tan Pioneer saw – Ewald Cleff – clg 44
Steel belt buckle – Waffen-SS – RZM 155/43 ᛋᛋ
Folding E-tool cover – hck 42
Folding E-tool – “89” 1940
Camouflaged gasmask canister – Three tone “Normandy” camouflage
K98 bayonet – Mundlos 1938 – Battle damaged North Africa bring-back
Zinc buckle – Hitlerjugend – RZM M4/22
Walther PPK holster – Named to SS-Unterscharführer Richard Stöwer
M31 Messkit – RFI 38
M31 Messkit – EEF 41
MG 42 spare barrel carrier – Laufschützer 42 – Three-tone Normandy camouflage
Rifle cleaning kit – Rg 34 – Hawig 1940
Rifle cleaning kit – Rg 34 – G. Appel
Rifle cleaning kit – Rg 34 – arr 43
Equipment belt – 0/0676/0120
P08 holster – Hardshell – bdq. 41
M31 messkit – MN44
Y-strap – Lud. Krumm. A.G. 1942
M42 Messkit – OHW 4
Lightweight Y-straps – Otto Gehrckens Pinneberg 1942
Presstoff equipment belt – unmarked
Presstoff equipment belt – RZM M4/22 with RZM 155/43 ᛋᛋ buckle
M31 Canteen – ESB 43
Tropical M31 Canteen – Labeflasche – OHW 42
Folding E-tool – B & Co solingen 40
Straight E-tool – kkk 1943
Tan straight E-tool cover – fuq 1943
MP44 / STG44 pouches – jwa 44
Equipment belt – RB.Nr. 0/0336/0111
Equipment belt – Wittkop & co, Bielefeld. 1942
Deckungswinkelmesser – dhq
M31 Messkit – DMN 44
M42 messkit – DMN 43
M42 messkit – L&SL 42
K98 pouch – kvz 1944
Karl Busse, Ausruestungsgegenstaende (equipment), Mainz
K98 pouch – Sattler Lago Wien 1941
K98 pouch – RBnr. 0/0365/0012
K98 pouches – RBnr. 0/0365/0012
K98 pouch – dla 42
Lightweight Y-straps – Otto Gehrckens Pinneberg 1943
Cavalry Y-straps – R.B.Nr. 0/0594/0005
Cavalry Y-straps – Modified D-rings
Tropical Y-straps – RB-Nr. 0/0766/0004
Y-strap – 0/0378/0007
M42 Canteen – sku 1945
M42 Canteen – SMM 44
MG 42 spare barrel carrier – Laufschützer 42 – Three-tone Normandy camouflage
MG34/42 barrel changing mitt – hvg 44
MG 34/42 50 round drum magazine – Gurttrommel 34 – h.q.u. 44
MG 34/42 50 round drum magazine – Gurttrommel Behalter
MG 34/42 tool pouch – epf 1944
G43 pouch – cny 45
MG 34/42 ammunition box – Patronenkasten 41 – Three-tone camouflage
Straight E-tool cover – jhz 1943
Straight E-tool cover – kvz 1944
Folding E-tool – bovo
Straight E-tool – R. Dahlmann Sohn 1944
Straight E-tool – R. Dahlmann Sohn 1943
Straight E-tool – obp. 1944
K98 bayonet – sgx 44 – Riveted grips, last ditch frog
Camouflaged gasmask canister – Brush painted grey – Gefreiter Koßmann
Reichswehr messkit – SMM 28
Y-strap – RBNr. 0/0706/0004
MG 34/42 ammunition box – Patronenkasten 34 – 743/1940 – E-kasten
M31 Messkit – JSD 41
K98 bayonet – E.u.F. Hörster 40
K98 bayonet – ffc 41 – Early tropical frog
Medical large Canteen – Labeflasche – ESB 42
Medical large Canteen – Labeflasche – HRE 40
Medical large Canteen – Labeflasche – W.A.L. 43
M42 Canteen – SMM 43
M31 Canteen – C&C.W. 36
Aluminum belt buckle – Waffen-SS – RZM 155/40 ᛋᛋ
P08 holster – Hardshell – Rudolf Contenache & Theodor Seibod 1940
MG 34/42 50 round drum magazine – Gurttrommel 34 – WC 42
Equipment belt – 0/0375/0033
Steel belt buckle – Luftwaffe – Assmann & Söhne
Steel belt buckle – Waffen-SS – “Cracked wing”
M42 Messkit – RFI 43
M31 Messkit – SMM 43
Mapcase – battledamaged – DAK grouping to Josef Kuwan, 21. Panzerdivision
Mapcase – R. Erhardt Poessneck, 1938
Camouflaged gasmask canister – Uffz. Helbig
Steel belt buckle – Luftwaffe – Tropical B. Haarmann
M31 Canteen – KCL 38
M31 Messkit – emk 41
M31 breadbag – Luftwaffe – Riveted buttons 0/0765/03??
K98 bandoleer – Splitter B – Anton Kiefer 1942
A-frame pouch – Heinrich Sattel, München 1939
A-frame – recycled canvas
A-frame – tropical – bdt 42
MG 42 spare barrel carrier – Laufschützer 43 – bre 1943
MG 34 spare barrel carrier – Laufschützer 34 – beq 1943
M31 breadbag – Luftwaffe – Ernst Melzig, Liegnitz 1941
MG34/42 barrel changing mitt – RBNR 44
M31 Canteen – V.A.L. 39
K98 pouches – Kriegsmarine – Otto Gehrckens Pinneberg 1939
Equipment belt – gfg 43
MP40 pouch – clg 43
G41 semi-automatic rifle – duv 43
P08 holster – Hardshell – G. Genschow 1938
Y-strap – Aluminium hardware Oberjäger Georg Neuhof
Y-straps – 0/0543/0002
6×30 Dienstglas case – Black bakelite with issue carrying strap
K98 pouches – 0/0695/0122
K98 pouches – 0/0295/0005
K98 pouches – 0/0396/0027
10×50 Dienstglas case – hte 1942
P38 holster – Softshell – 0/0833/0007
Straight E-tool cover – E. G. Leuner, Bautzen 1941
Steel belt buckle – Heer – Dr. Franke & Co 1940
MG 34/42 ammunition carrying strap – Tragegurt 34 – Woven rubber
Steel belt buckle – Waffen-SS – RZM 155/40 ᛋᛋ – original paper label
Aluminium belt buckle – Waffen-SS – RZM 822/38 ᛋᛋ – original paper label
Folding E-tool cover – jhg 42
M31 Canteen – SSL43
Y-straps – captured British webbing
Y-strap – 0/0488/0019
Steel belt buckle – Waffen-SS – RZM 155/43 ᛋᛋ
M31 messkit – RZM M6/17/39
M1910 messkit – RZM M6/1/37
M31 Breadbag – Heer – Reinhold Adam Oberursel 1940
M31 Messkit – RFI 39
Folding E-tool cover converted for straight shovel – cey 1942
Straight E-tool cover – fuq 1943
Camouflaged gasmask canister
Steel belt buckle – Waffen-SS – RZM 155/40 ᛋᛋ
Camouflaged gasmask canister – Luftwaffe – Peter Konrad Normandy KIA
M31 breadbag – Polizei Stuttgart 1941
M42 Messkit – ET 43
M31 Canteen – L&SL40
M42 Canteen – FWBN 44
K98 bayonet frog – RBNr. 0/0576/003
G43 pouch – RME 43
Camouflaged gasmask canister – Luftwaffe – Stabsarzt Dr. Koch L 17900
Steel belt buckle – Waffen-SS – J.F.S.
Esbit Modell 9 – Stuttgart W.
Camouflaged gasmask canister – Luftwaffe – Kulzner L54289
Folding E-tool – dpb.
Folding E-tool cover – fkx 1941
Pioneer saw – Marke Steigo – Lederwarenwerk Curt Vogel Cottbus 1940
Equipment belt – Lohmann Werke A.G. Bielefeld 1942
Walther PPK holster – Softshell – Vitousek 1942
MP44 / STG44 pouches – kkd
Leather MP40 pouches – evg 42
MP40 pouches – eqr 42
MP40 pouch – gmk 42
MP40 pouch – gmk 41
Equipment belt – RB-Nr. 0/0921/0008
M1910 messkit – Ritter Aluminium – HRE 34
M1910 messkit – RZM M6/2/40 – HRE 40
Equipment belt – Waffen-SS – VA 415/39 ᛋᛋ – O & C Ges. Gesch.
Camouflaged gasmask canister
6×30 Dienstglas case – Brown bakelite
Straight E-tool cover – nju
Pistole 35(p) holster – Softshell
Pistole 640(b) holster – Softshell – dla 43
6×30 Dienstglas – ddx
M42 Canteen – FSS43
M31 Canteen – SSL38
Aluminium belt buckle – Heer – Transitional / Left facing eagle 1936
M42 Canteen – AEMA 44
MG 34/42 50 round drum magazine – Gurttrommel 34 – bxt 1941
MG 34/42 ammunition box – Patronenkasten 41 – Three-tone camouflage
Steel belt buckle – Heer Crank Catch – H.A. 43
K98 bayonet – cvl 44 – Wood grips
K98 bayonet – ab44 – Tan camouflage paint
Aluminium buckle – Heer – DR. FRANKE & Co K.G. 1939
Aluminium buckle – Polizei – G. Brehmer 1938
Equipment belt – 0/0485/0002
Equipment belt – R.Z.f.H 1942
Equipment belt – 0/0676/0120
Equipment belt – RBNr. 0/0390/006?
Tropical Y-straps – Franz Spitz, Wien. 1942
Y-straps – RB-Nr. 0/0443/0038
K98 bayonet – S.178 – Wood grips
Equipment belt – Otto Koberstein, Landsberg 1939
M31 Messkit – L&SL 44
P38 holster – Softshell – CXB 4
Camouflaged gasmask canister – Brush painted camouflage
Equipment belt – Tropical
Rubber equipment belt – unmarked
Steel belt buckle – Waffen-SS – RZM ᛋᛋ 35/36
Steel belt buckle – Heer – Unmarked Brüder Schneider
Steel belt buckle – Heer – Tropical H.A. 41
Steel belt buckle – Heer – J.C. Maedicke 1941
M31 breadbag – 0/0750/0072 – rayon straps
Aluminum belt buckle – Waffen-SS – RZM 155/39 ᛋᛋ
G43 pouch – ros 1944
M44 breadbag – Unreadable RBNr.
Y-strap – French reworked Y-straps
M31 canteen – MN42 – Green bakelite cup
MP40 pouch – clg 44
Rifle cleaning kit – Rg 34 – rco 45
Rifle cleaning kit – Rg 34 – arr 41
Rifle cleaning kit – Rg 34 – arr 4
Rifle cleaning kit – Rg 34 – arr 4
MG 34/42 50 round drum magazine – Gurttrommel 34 – ddf
Bakelite 6×30 Dienstglas – CXN 384478
Equipment belt – 0/0374/0142
K98 Bayonet – 42 cof
K98 bayonet frog – Rahm & Kampmann, 1941
M31 breadbag – Polizei
Steel buckle – Hitlerjugend – RZM M4/23
Aluminium buckle – Heer – private purchase
Steel belt buckle – Kriegsmarine / Küstenartillerie – JFS 1942
M31 canteen – ZPStZ 42
Steel belt buckle – Waffen-SS – Unmarked Overhoff
Steel belt buckle – Heer – Reichswehr
Pioneer saw – Ewald Cleff – fuq 1944
Aluminium buckle – Heer – E. Schneider 1938
MG 34/42 tool pouch – cea 1943
Leather straight E-tool cover – OTTO SINDEL BERLIN 1938
Brown K98 pouches – 0/0396/0027
Tan straight E-tool cover – jwa 4
P08 holster – Hardshell – ftc 1941
Lightweight Y-straps – LLK 1943
M42 Messkit – MKL 44
6×30 Dienstglas – ddx 355204
M42 Canteen – AEMA 44
M1910 messkit – RZM M6/11/39
Late pattern ammunition box carrying bags
K98 Bayonet – P. Weyersberg 1940
M.95 pouch – Repurposed Dutch pouches – Presumably Litzmannstadt made
Y-straps – RBNr. 0/0156/0013
Steel belt buckle – Heer – Reichswehr
Steel belt buckle – Waffen-SS – ” Fat eagle”
M31 messkit – MN44
Tan straight E-tool cover – erg 44
Canteen filling funnel
M31 Canteen – W.A.L.41 – white speckled cup
P27 holster – Softshell – 1942
Presstoff equipment belt
MP40 pouch – bdr
MG 34/42 tool pouch – gyb 1942
Deckungswinkelmesser – J.D. Möller G.m.b.H.
Mapcase – Hans Rümer, 1938, Neu-Ulm
Steel belt buckle – Zwarte Brigade
Zinc belt buckle – Luftwaffe – Belgian made
Zinc belt buckle – Heer – Belgian made
Zinc belt buckle – Werkschutz E. Reitz – Belgian made
Tropical camouflaged gasmask canister
MG 34/42 tool pouch – WaA 668
K98 pouch – Otto Koberstein 1942
Straight E-tool – Re-issued Czech prewar shovel
Short handled wire cutters with pouch – Stecker, Freiberg 1939
Long handled pioneer wire cutters with pouch – G. Genschow, Berlin. 1937
Pioneer wire cutters pouch – Rudolf Vordemberge 1937
Pioneer saw – Koch & Pohlmann 1942
Equipment belt – Tropical 1942
M42 Messkit – ET 42
M42 Canteen – jsd 4
M42 Canteen – RFI43 / kvu 44
P08 holster – Hardshell – Karl Böcker, Waldbrol 1940.
MP40 pouch – Unknown maker
M42 Messkit – 0/0571/0116 44
Y-straps – RFNr. 1/1044/0014
Y-straps – 0/0435/0002
Straight E-tool – REX 1938
Straight E-tool cover – eue 42
Steel belt buckle – Heer – Unmarked Brüder Schneider
Aluminum buckle – Hitlerjugend – RZM M4/46
Steel belt buckle – Waffen-SS – Unmarked Overhoff
Aluminium belt buckle with unit marked belt – Luftwaffe – Assmann & Söhne
Steel belt buckle – Luftwaffe – Assmann & Söhne
Pistole 640(b) holster – Softshell – clg 4
P.626(b) holster – Softshell – sat WaA 101
Equipment belt – Sachs & Deisselberg, Hamburg 1938
Bakelite 6×30 Dienstglas case – CXN 4
6×30 Dienstglas – ddx 317427
Bakelite 6×30 Dienstglas – CXN 410689
Bakelite 6×30 Dienstglas – CXN 41658
Bakelite 6×30 Dienstglas – CXN 385505
MG 34/42 ammunition box – Patronenkasten 34 – TR 1938
Aluminium buckle – Heer – Steinhauer & Lück 1937
MG 34/42 ammunition carrying strap – Tragegurt 34
MG 34/42 ammunition carrying strap – Tragegurt 34
MG 34/42 ammunition box – Re-issued MG 37 (t) box
MG 34/42 ammunition box – Patronenkasten 34
MG 34/42 ammunition box – Patronenkasten 34 – arr 42
MG 34/42 ammunition box – Patronenkasten 41 – bdk 4
MG 34/42 tool pouch – OAZ 4
MG 34/42 tool pouch – riveted straps – gut 4
Tropical Y-straps – Leather backstrap with late wire hook
M31 Breadbag – Heer – Frost & Jähnel, Breslau, 1940
Lightweight Y-straps – 1/0343/0022
Equipment belt – Late riveted webbing variant
Breadbag – Converted Dutch M.16 breadbag
M31 Breadbag – Heer – Prewar pattern
M31 Canteen – HRE 35
Steel belt buckle – Heer – RZM M4/44
Aluminium buckle – Heer – Transitional / Left facing eagle 1936
Aluminium belt buckle – Waffen-SS – RZM 822/37 ᛋᛋ
MP40 pouch – gfg 1943
Camouflaged gasmask canister – Oberfeldwebel Pamperl
K98 pouches – J. DE VALK A’DAM
6×30 Dienstglas case – Black bakelite
6×30 Dienstglas case – Brown bakelite
M31 Breadbag – Captured materials
Equipment belt – ᛋᛋ 1325/43
M31 Breadbag – 1942
K98 bayonet frog – RFNr.0/0494/0008
Bakelite 6×30 Dienstglas case – CXN 4
Tropical Y-straps – Late wire hook
6×30 Dienstglas – Oigee Berlin
6×30 Dienstglas case – Bright brown bakelite
6×30 Dienstglas case – Brown bakelite with tan pull tab
6×30 Dienstglas – Hensoldt Wetzlar 1938
Rubberized equipment belt – Frdr. Hannike 1941
Steel belt buckle – Heer – E.S.L. 43 – E.Schneider, Lüdenscheid
Camouflaged gasmask canister – pfk 44
Camouflaged gasmask canister – Gefreiter Paul Martin
K98 bayonet – Unmarked dress bayonet
K98 bayonet frog – 1942 – Rudolf Conte, Offenback A.M.
Steel belt buckle – Heer – Unmarked Overhoff
Steel belt buckle – Heer – B&N-43
Steel belt buckle – Waffen-SS – Unmarked Overhoff
K98 bayonet frog – RBNr. 0/0633/0041
M42 Messkit – 0/0657/0001 ( AEM.A )
Canteen – HRE 43
Y-straps – RBNr. 0/0448/0070
Equipment belt – RBNr. 0/0350/0227
Equipment belt – 0/0917/0029
Y-straps – 0/0295/0005
Folding E-tool cover – bad 1942
Folding E-tool – Voss & Schröder
K98 bayonet – 43 asw – wooden grips
K98 bayonet – 44 fze – bakelite grips
K98 bayonet – 42 asw – wooden grips
P08 holster – Hardshell – R. EHRHARDT, POESSNECK 1939
P38 holster – Softshell – jwa 4
M31 Breadbag – Waffen SS – SS RZM label
MP40 pouch – gmn 1943
M42 Messkit – 0/0657/0001 ( AEM.A )
Y-straps – Wirtschaftsamt Litzmannstadt
Equipment belt – 0/0485/0002
Steel belt buckle – Heer – Unmarked Heinrich Arld
Steel belt buckle – Heer – Noelle & Hueck 1941
Cavalry Y-straps – 1941
Steel belt buckle – Waffen-SS – O & C Ges. Gesch.
Steel belt buckle – Heer – N&H 1942
Steel belt buckle – Waffen-SS – RZM 36/42 ᛋᛋ
Canteen – HRE 43
MP40 pouch – clg 44
M31 Canteen – CFL38
M31 Breadbag – Waffen SS – SS 348/38 RZM
Equipment belt – Tropical
Equipment belt – Schäfer 1941
Equipment belt – Jelinek 1943
M31 canteen – G&CL 42 – Green bakelite cup
M42 Messkit – AWC
Camouflaged gasmask canister
Camouflaged gasmask canister – Three tone “Normandy” camouflage
M31 breadbag – F.W. Rostenthum 1934
Captured Polish M.23/31 Messkit
Messkit – MN45
M31 Breadbag –
Straight E-tool – gcq
Captured Italian M30 Messkit
K98 pouch – bdt 43
M42 Messkit – WJ43
M42 Messkit – WJ44
Folding E-tool – Lion 1941
Folding E-tool cover – fuq 1941
Folding E-tool cover – cqr 1943
Folding E-tool – epd
Straight E-tool – dpb.
Straight E-tool – Idealspaten
M31 Messkit – OHW 40
M42 Messkit – hkp 44
M31 Messkit – L&SL 36
M31 Messkit – HRE 38
M42 Messkit – SMM 44
M31 Messkit – HRE 44
Mapcase – 0/0323/0003
Tan straight E-tool cover – unmarked
Straight E-tool cover – unmarked
Straight E-tool cover – gxc44
M42 messkit – EF 44
M42 messkit – Deutsche Emailwarenfabrik
K98 pouch – J. DE VALK A’DAM
M31 breadbag – Briel Frankfurt A. M.
Tropical breadbag – 1942
Mapcase – 0/0833/0007
Mapcase – 0/0250/0692
Tropical breadbag – 0/0750/0072
Y-straps – Lohmann Werke 1940
Tropical Y-straps – Budischowsky 1941
Y-straps – 0/0156/0030
Y-straps – 0/0576/003
Y-straps – 0/0355/0018
Y-straps – 0/0355/0018
Tropical Y-straps – kzl 43
Y-strap – 0/0671/0015
G43 pouch – bla 1944
M42 Canteen – L&SL44
Coconut Canteen – HRE 43
G43 pouch – bla 1944
G43 pouch – ros 1944
G43 pouch – ros 1944
G43 pouch – fuq 1945
M31 breadbag – unmarked
K98 pouches – 0/1032/0001
M31 breadbag – Untanned leather, unmarked
M31 breadbag – 0/0671/0015
M31 breadbag – Course material
M31 breadbag – 0/0765/03??
Butterdish – private purchase
Butterdish – ggj K
Butterdish – 1 WK
MP40 pouch – BNZ
Butterdish – 1W 131 1944
Butterdish – 1W 131
Butterdish – 58 KX
Butterdish – private purchase
Butterdish – 1WK K 1942
Butterdish – Green
Butterdish – 1WK K 1942
Butterdish – 1W 131 1944
Butterdish – ggj K
M42 Canteen – AEMA 42
M42 Canteen – AEMA 43
M42 Canteen – unmarked tinned example
M31 Canteen – Labeflasche – W.A.L.41
M31 Canteen – C&C.W. 38
Coconut canteen – HRE 43
M42 Canteen – MN 44
M42 Canteen – ESB 43

MG34 and MG42 ammunition boxes

A guide to collecting Waffen-SS belt buckles

The Coconut canteen; Ritters not so tropical canteen

German Army butter dish variants

Camouflaged gasmask canister – Three tone “Normandy” camouflage

Camouflaged gasmask canister – Three tone “Normandy” camouflage

M42 Canteen – CFL44 – orange bakelite cup

M42 Canteen – Deutsche Emailwarenfabrik (DEF) – Schindler

M42 Canteen – Deutsche Emailwarenfabrik (DEF) – Schindler

M42 Canteen – Deutsche Emailwarenfabrik (DEF) – Schindler

M42 Canteen – Deutsche Emailwarenfabrik (DEF) – Schindler

M42 Canteen – CFL44

“Coconut” Canteen – HRE 43

M42 Canteen – E. 43 – VerBliFa – Tinned Example

Tropical M31 Canteen – Labeflasche – V.A.L. 43

M42 Canteen – MN 42 – Red Painted Cup

M42 Canteen – RBNr. 0/0571/0118 – C&CW 43

M42 Canteen – Labeflasche – MN 44 – Steel 1L Variant

Rubber equipment belt – unmarked

MP40 Pouch – Blue Webbing – Unmarked

Marschkompass – Hitler Jugend Issue – Factory Wrapping

Pistole 37m Üng. Holster – Softshell – cdc 43

Steel belt buckle – Heer – Tropical Gustav Brehmer 1941

Pioneer heavy equipment belt hanger – Unit marked – C. Riese 1937

“Coconut” Canteen – HRE 43

6×30 Dienstglas – cag 82700 – Battle damaged

6×30 Dienstglas – cag 312422

K98 bayonet – 44 cqh

Straight E-tool cover – nju

G43 Pouch – CNY 44

MP40 Pouches – eqr 41

Short handled pioneer shovel – Pressstof pouch – AB&C 1940

K98 bayonet – 41 ffc

MP44 / STG44 pouch – Unmarked

M31 Messkit – kvu 44

Tropical Y-straps – Jean Weipert Offenbach 1941 – Found in Oosterbeek!

Grenade launcher pouch – dkk 43

Grenade launcher pouch – cxb 42

Rifle grenade pouches – Blue fabric – Rayon straps

Rifle grenade pouches – Blue fabric

Rifle grenade pouches – Blue fabric

Tropical M31 Canteen – Labeflasche – MN42

M42 Canteen – AEMA

Y-straps – Wirtschaftsamt Litzmannstadt

Tropical Y-straps – gjl 1942

M31 Breadbag – Briel, Frankfurt A.M.

Steel belt buckle – Heer – JFS

M42 Canteen – CFL44 – Green bakelite cup

Tropical M31 Canteen – Labeflasche – G&CL 43

Y-straps – Light brown – Unreadable RBNr.

Medical large Canteen – Labeflasche – CFL 39

MP40 Pouches – cqr 42

K98 bayonet – 42 asw – Red blueing

MG 34/42 tool pouch – bdt 45 – Italian leather

P08 Holster – Hardshell – DUL 1940

Equipment belt – RBNr. 0/0353/0087 – 1943

Fuze setting pouch – J. Ensch & Co. 1934

Y-strap – K.W.K. 1940 – Aluminium hardware

Equipment belt – Tropical – 1941

M31 Messkit – SMM 35

Short handled wire cutters – pressstof pouch – hjh 41

Equipment belt – ftb 43

Straight E-tool – AB&C – Tan cover – bla 44

Mapcase – bml 42 – Oberjaeger Zimmerman – FJR 5

MP40 Pouch – Blue – Unmarked

K98 bayonet – clc 44 – M42 Frog

K98 Bayonet – Dürkopp 38

M31 Messkit – DMN 43

M31 Messkit – ccj 41

A-frame – Tropical – Ehrhardt & Kirsten 1941

K98 Bayonet – cul. 41

MP44 / STG44 pouch – jwa 44

M42 Canteen – Deutsche Emailwarenfabrik (DEF) – Schindler

M42 Rucksack – Blue fabric – RBNr. 0/0125/0035

M31 Gebirgsjäger Rucksack – RBNr. 0/0684/0007

M42 Rucksack – Mixed materials – RBNr.

Tropical M41 Rucksack – M. Forker, 1942

Artillery Rucksack – Martin Forker, 1942

M44 Rucksack – Brown leather

MP44 / STG44 pouch – Unmarked