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You see a mix of tropical and leather gear till the end of the war, however Leather pieces vastly outnumbered webbing stuff at any time, so I feel it is the most accurate to put a mix of 2 or so pieces of webbing gear with the rest being leather. Is this gospel? No, But a well researched educated co...

More Pictures from Belmonte Castillo, Italia 1944. http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a348/jugendkrieger/Untitled-1-1.jpg http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a348/jugendkrieger/Untitled-4-2.jpg http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a348/jugendkrieger/Untitled-12.jpg http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a348/j...

New one, Kompanie Schreiber Nr3

Lost battalions has a good pattern for these, but the shirts themselves are made of 60% polyester and refuse to wear in. one of the guys wore his as a work/sleep shirt for a month to wear it in, and the only difference shown is the paint missing from the buttons. it refuses to wrinkle and or fade. S...

The prewar flyer's association that I speak of is a paramilitary organization. The existence of blue LW canteens in any small numbers what so ever is arguable at best.

Marc

Not that the rucksack in question shares any traits with the Bundeswehr gamaschen fabric. I'm not sure what that was supposed to prove. Come on guys, are we really arguing over the validity of a 5 dollar item? The likes of which almost everybody in the hobby knows is wrong? I believe everyone in thi...

The Blue Canteen for Luftwaffe is a myth. The blue canteens were made by the post war Berlin poliezi, a prewar flyers association, and marine HJ.

Marc

They are also made of a very different material which is of a much finer weave and thicker

The statement about soldbuch grid checks is false, True they were not the most common, but they are just as correct with then than without them. The grid checks are more common in late war heer soldbucher.

Where do you guys source Tropical Bread bags, Canteen straps, and Equipment straps? I was thinking about Buying a shitty A-Frame and raiding it for the webbing.

Any ideas?

Correct. that is a Polizei Breadbag, and a very interesting one at that. I have never seen one with such color variation in the fabric. Thomas, is that how it left the factory, or is it a field repaired piece? Marc (That "sea foam green" is what I was referring too as Polizei gamaschen col...

Yes, Luftwaffe gaitors are a very pronounced blue. and half way in between there are police gaitors which are a Green/Blue


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Yes my dearest sheikh. That is the one, A single time through the washing machine and it looks original, The pebbled buttons are Eh. but thats a minor peeve.

Marc

the ones in the picture from wephaus look like crap, however I believe this to be a product of bad photography. I have handled these gaitors 1st hand and can 100% say they are good. 3 hole and all.

Spearhead militaria on e-bay makes the best tropendiensthemd available period. the material, color, and construction is SPOT ON. the only thing I can recommend from them.