Straight Italian E-tool in converted folding E-tool cover marked dta 42

Nice and desirable straight Italian E-tool complete with its converted folding E-tool carrier. This set is consisting out of an Italian produced shovel which were widely re-issued to the German troops and a folding E-tool carrier which has been converted to carry the straight Italian E-tool. The converted E-tool carrier is nicely marked “dta 42″ which indicates production by A. Waldhausen, Jnh. M. Bruchmann, Sattlerwaren- u. Kofferfabrik, Köln, Johannisstr. 65 – 67. Textbook way of converting equipment to make it useful and wearable!

I included 3 original wartime photographs which show these converted folding E-tool carriers being used.