Tall early M38 gasmask set in excellent condition. Nice complete example with straps with leather reinforcements. Hard to find !

Late war tall M38 gasmask set with simplified canister in excellent condition. Beautiful canister with rayon straps including the closing latch strap. The closing latch is a simplified stamped steel example. The mask is a textbook late war example with blue parts. Beautiful unissued set!

Tall M38 gasmask set with field applied Feldgrau paint named Obergefreiter Imm 42931. The gasmask set is in good used condition and is complete with all parts. The straps retain their leather reinforcements. The feldpostnummer 42931 indicates a barrage balloon unit but was later reissued to Artillerie Regiment 136 late in 1944, serving with the 16 Volksgrenadier Division during the Ardennes offensive. Beautiful set, nice for further research!

42931 (30.7.1941-28.2.1942) 1. Batterie Luftsperr-Abteilung 103
42931 (12.3.1943-7.9.1943) 1. Batterie Luftsperr-Abteilung 103 (v)
42931 (8.9.1943-22.4.1944) 22.3.1944 gestrichen
42931 (25.11.1944-8.5.1945) 28.3.1945 Stab I, Stabs- u. 1.-3. Batterie Artillerie-Regiment 1316

 

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. These straps would be issued with the M44 rucksack so it could also be worn without Y-straps.

Unissued riveted Heer tornister marked Kritzler K.G. Rebbelroth 1942. This is a hard to find mid war variant without straps and all leather attatchment attached with means of riveting. There is a modern made plywood filler inside which I will leave inside because it makes the rucksack pop out perfectly. Hard to find example in unissued 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!