Equipment

Excellent late war carrying strap for the MGZ40 optical case. Complete strap, easily attached and detached. Hard to find as a spare and virtually always missing from the box!

Excellent original A-frame or A-rahmen in good combat used condition. This example has been marked but this has sadly become unreadable. The A-frame is complete with the two leather vertical straps and the detachable mess kit strap which have never been repaired, reattached or replaced. The two vertical straps are nicely marked with the original owners name and some type of number. Excellent used example!

The Italian army messkit (Gavetta Modello 1930) was a commonly seen item within the German army. Prior to re-issue in the German army they where mostly painted green by the Germans. This example came out of a small find in Italy just recently and would be hard to upgrade.

Textbook Zeiler M. 4848 Bakelite flashlight/torch. The housing is completely made out of Bakelite and very fragile and thereby easily damaged. The strap on the back made out of leather is still in great condition.

Textbook and interesting Litzmannstadt production Rucksack. The rucksack has the typical all webbing construction and shows the usage of captured and dissembled British webbing in the construction as well as suspected. The rucksack is nice and clearly marked Wirtschaftsamt Litzmannstadt. Nice details are the blue fabric edges! Excellent and impossible to upgrade rucksack!

Excellent Y-strap in very good, most likely unissued condition. The Y-strap is unmarked. Excellent example to complete any Wehrmacht or Waffen-SScombat mannequin!

Excellent late war set consisting of the tall canister with the typical black rubber M38 mask with blue painted hardware. The canister is complete with both its short and long carrying strap, the long strap has a large period repair! The inside features a paper label naming the gasmask set to: (Gren.) Grenadier Gerhard Möser. Typical late war gasmask set!

Late war set consisting of a tall canister and a typical green canvas M38 mask. The canister is complete with its typical late war carrying straps with rubberized reinforcements marked “ebd”. The gasmask canister contains the  “Merkblatt 53a/21” which gives instructions about what to do in case of enemy gas attacks. Excellent (over)complete late war set, very interesting including the Merkblatt!

Excellent stainless steel fork which is part of the Wehrmacht field cutlery set which were issued to enlisted men, NCO’s and officers. The fork is nicely marked W.S.M. Rostfrei 42 which indicates production by Walter Solbach Metallbau in 1941. As is the case with almost all parts of the field cutlery sets this fork is marked with an clearly visible eagle which clarifies it’s Eigentum der Wehrmacht. Perfect as a spare or to complete a field cutlery set!

Superb M44 breadbag with a beautiful mix of different materials. The breadbag is nicely marked RBNr. 0/0465/0012 which is is a less frequently encountered maker to spot on M44 bread bags. Stone mint example which is simply impossible to upgrade!

Nice original M31 breadbag in good used condition. This example is unmarked but features one brass button which originates from a Dutch pre breadbag. Nice original breadbag!

Textbook mid to late war breadbag strap. The strap is in unissued, mint condition.

Excellent Y-strap in very good, most likely unissued condition. The Y-strap is nicely marked RBNr. 0/0485/0002 which indicates production by an unknown manufacturer. Excellent example to complete any Wehrmacht or Waffen-SScombat mannequin!

Nice late war FF33 field phone with tan painted hardware on the bakelite housing. Typical configuration with a mix of black and tan painted hardware and 1943 dated telephone without simplified connectors, most likely early 1944 production.

Note: The field phone appears to be in good shape and is complete with all the necessary parts to use it including the battery box which is mostly broken or missing. I have not opened or tested the field phone!

Typical “Tropical” M31 pattern Rucksack constructed without any leather parts and completely out of different types of fabric. The Rucksack comes with their original issued carrying straps which are virtually always missing! Notice the small blue webbing and blue coloured fabric details in the construction. Nice original “Tropical” M31 Rucksack with the original issued carrying straps in good used condition.

Textbook Heer breadbag in near mint condition.

Textbook Heer breadbag in good used condition.

Nice and early pre war 1935(!) dated mapcase in good used condition. The mapcase is nicely marked and dated G. Reinhardt, Berlin 1935. The mapcase is nicely named with a typical kopierstift or Tintenstift to Feldwebel Kürt Mach from Hamburg, Glashüttenstrasse 85a. Excellent early and interesting mapcase for further research!