GERMAN WWII ARMED FORCES TROPICAL RUCKSACK Groups of army officers and

Groups of army officers and NCOs

Large size cap

A highly significant and extremely rare example of a World War I German airship battalion shako—this being the only unit-marked example we’ve encountered in over 50 years of collecting

and nearly every one of the photographs is annotated below

GERMAN WWII ARMED FORCES TROPICAL RUCKSACK Groups of army officers andThe large rucksack is in heavy tropical canvas weave with all webbing strapping. Two large pockets to the rear, one with a closing flap. Shown in Ausrustung volume 2 page 37. The webbing is of the early tropical period in dark green. Recently purchased from probably the best combat uniform and equipment collection in the United Kingdom, comprising Army tropical, Waffen SS, Luftwaffe paratrooper and many other items of the same genre. The collection