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!

Late war rucksack marked 0/0836/0029. Nice variant late war rucksack made from screen printed canvas. Mint piece.

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.

Late war M31 breadbag in unissued condition. Perfect 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 thick square brown leather D-ring loops and black painted D-rings. Hard to find late war variant!

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!

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

Unissued M31 Heer breadbag with matching strap. Square strap leather on the strap and internal tunic webbing straps used as bias material!

Unissued M31 Heer breadbag marked RKS 42 in excellent condition.

Textbook early Heer M31 breadbag in good condition. This is a typical early pattern with leather reinforcements on the belt loops. The breadbag is marked with an unreadable RBNr. which is unusual because the breadbag shows early features. Nice  and interesting 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!