Wehrmacht

Late war M44 rucksack straps from captured material. These straps would be issued with the M44 rucksack so it could also be worn without Y-straps.

First pattern Luftwaffe Rucksack dated Hamburg 1935 in used condition. This is a hard to find early example with detachable carrying straps. The straps have had their auxiliary straps connecting to the ammunition pouches removed. Otherwise very rare example!

Unissued Heer tornister marked Franz Brehme, Walsrode 1943. This is a mint example of a late war Tornister rucksack with all straps. It is really hard to find a unissued example of these rucksacks as most if not all of these saw use during and post world war two. Very hard to find in this condition!

Late war M31 breadbag strap named Krebs in excellent condition. Nice variant with a central in stead of two side seams.

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.

Early M31 breadbag strap dated 1936 with unit markings to 1. Abteilung, 6. Batterie Artillerie Regiment 50. This unit first served in Poland with Artillerie Regiment 105 and then was attached to the IV. Armeekorps. From 12 to 14.5.40 it was with the 4. Panzerdivision in the Dutch, Belgian and French campaign. Nice example!

Pre war Dutch breadbag strap in good used condition. Typical pre war ‘buitenmodel’ broodzak strap.

Rare M31 breadbag made with captured Czech leather in unissued condition. Nice and rare collectible variant!

Rare late war transitional tropical breadbag made utilising leather and webbing in the construction. Nice collectible variant, hard to find!

Textbook Heer tropical breadbag in very good, unissued condition.

Late war breadbag with canvas D-ring loops marked F Kurz stighelm 1942. This is a rare variant with the top two D-rings sewn with canvas, not webbing or leather.

Unissued M31 tropical breadbag marked bmo 42 indicating production by Hans Deuter Lederwarenfabrik, Augsburg. Beautiful example with red lined bias material on the closing strap!

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!