Wehrmacht

German POW rucksack made from Zeltbahn material in good condition. After world war two a lot of German POW’s lost most if not all of their posessions. Items such as rucksacks became rare for the POW’s returning home. These men are known as Heimkehrer. With no means of buying new clothing or equipment everything that was stocked in the POW camps was utilised creating a miriad of rucksacks in all kinds of material, mostly tent material. I have seen many different variants, none of them are exactly the same. My guess is that every POW camp designed their own pattern with the materials available. This example fits right in this area. A genuine Heimkehrer Rucksack in good condition. Although most people would sell this as a ‘field made’ item, one could never prove that and I firmly believe that most of these were made in the POW camps. Nice piece!

M44 rucksack in blue canvas with webbing straps. Not to be confused with a Luftwaffe issue rucksack; this one was meant to be issued to the Heer, Waffen-SS, Luftwaffe and the Kriegsmarine. Nice late war variant in used condition!

Small rucksack marked H. Kruge 1940 in good used condition. Complete with its two webbing carrying straps.

Late war M44 rucksack straps from captured material in unissued condition. These straps are most probably made with French of Italian material. Beautiful deep green coloured webbing!

Tropical A-frame pouch marked Leder-Dallmann Celle 1941 in unissued condition.

Late war M31 breadbag strap marked red RB-Nr in good condition.

Late war M31 breadbag strap marked RB-Nr. 0/0850/0345 indicating it was produced in Stadt- u. Landkreis München. The strap is unissued condition.

Excellent M31 breadbag strap marked A.&M. Döling, Siebenbunn 1941. Allthough dated 1941 it is still made utilising the typical early fabric which was mostly used until early 1940.

Nice original pre war pattern M31 breadbag strap in excellent condition. The strap is nicely marked Carl Vogel, Cotbuss 1936 and features a unit marking I.R. which indicates Infanterie-Regiment. The strap is a typical pre war example with high quality leather, aluminium hardware and a reinforced middle part. Nice example!

Rare late war transitional tropical breadbag marked RB-Nr. 0/0750/0072. This is a transitional tropical breadbag made utilising leather and webbing in the construction. Nice collectible variant, hard to find!

Tropical M31 breadbag with captured Dutch leather parts named Schön. The leather reinforcements on the belt loops as the central closing stap are made of typical Dutch leather. Nice collectible variant!

Late war M31 breadbag with rayon loops marked RB-Nr. 0/0750/0072 indicating production by PRIMOSA Auwaerter & Bubeck, Stuttgart West. Beautiful late war example with rayon and webbing details!

Late war simplified M44 breadbag without secondary D-ring, central support strap or closing straps. This is a rare late war variant!

M31 tropical breadbag marked RKS in excellent condition.

Unissued M31 tropical breadbag in excellent condition!

Rare pre war RZM issue Waffen-SS M31 breadbag in good, used condition. The breadbag is a typical pre war M31 pattern with aluminium hardware, painted high quality leather and grey coloured fabric. The breadbag clearly shows the remnants of the stitching where the Rzm-SS label once was sewn. Rare Waffen-SS issue M31 breadbag!

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!

Unissued M31 Heer breadbag with webbing internal straps. Beautiful variant.