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Very nice “tropical” M31 breadbag in good condition. This breadbag is most likely made in the Ghetto of Lodz, Poland which the Germans renamed into “Litzmannstadt”. They are made using parts of captured British equipment items. These British equipment items where left in 1940 when the (BEF) British Expeditionary Force evacuated to the United Kingdom. The Germans sent this British equipment to Litzmannstadt for recycling and a lot of work was put in disassembling every British equipment piece and recycling the individual parts into German army equipment. Y-straps, A-frames and rucksacks are a few of the items made in Litzmannstadt. Very nice original M31 breadbag!

Unissued M31 Heer breadbag marked RB-Nr. 0/0671/00185 indicating production by J. Heinrich Köster jun. City: Bad Homburg

Nice RAD issue M31 breadbag. The breadbag is marked R.A.D.B.A.B.F. which indicates this example was issued to the Reichsarbeitsdienst. Sadly the breadbag is missing one of the D-rings on the rear. Excellent RAD issue breadbag in good used but not abused condition!

Textbook late war manufactured M31 in very good, most likely unissued condition. The construction of this breadbag shows mixed materials where both leather and webbing are used. This is a typical late war feature. The breadbag is nicely marked with a big ink stamp; RBNr. 0/0650/0345 which indicates production by an unknown manufacturer. Excellent example!

M31 Heer breadbag marked RB-Nr. 0/0760/0072 indicating production in the district 760 Hechingen in good condition.

Textbook Heer M31 breadbag in good condition. Nice example!

Pre war Dutch breadbag reissued for the Dutch Arbeitsdienst in good condition. The breadbag is a 1916 dated example which was modified for use during the second world war. At this point most of the Dutch equipment was reissued to second line troops, foreign eastern ‘volunteers’ and men of the Arbeidsdienst. The breadbag is in used condition, the leather is dry. Inside it is dated CM 1916 and the abbreviations for Arbeitsdienst Gau 1, Arbeidsdienst Gr. 10. Arbeitsdienst Abt. 36. Rare example!

Rare 1934 dated Heer breadbag named Paul Roggendorf, Leichlingen in good used condition. The breadbag is nicely named inside and the inside of the closing flap reatains the B34 marking indicating it went into depot in 1934, but possibly could be produced in 1932 or 1933. Very hard to find pre 1935 example in good used condition!

Rare Dutch ‘Onbereden troepen ‘ breadbag in very good condition. This is a rare, pre 1940 example without any serious damages. Hard to find example!

Textbook pre war / early Heer M31 breadbag in very good condition. This is a typical early example with leather reinforcements on the belt loops and aluminium hardware. Nice unusual example with brown coloured leather.

Textbook pre war Heer M31 breadbag in good condition. This is a typical pre war manufactured example which features aluminium hardware, leather reinforcements on the belt loops and field grey fabric. The breadbag is very nicely double(!) marked A. Waldhausen, Köln 1937. Sadly the breadbag is missing two buttons. Textbook pre war example!

Textbook blue Luftwaffe issue M31 breadbag in very good condition. The breadbag is a typical late war example without leather reinforcements, steel hardware and brown coloured leather. Textbook example!