french car boot find

frogturn · 07-27-2010, 10:40 AM

A couple of weeks ago i picked up this bag in a car boot in Normandy,it has a definite military feel about it.[it looks like a despatches bag]Can anyone identify its age or use?
theres no markings anywhere i can see.Thanks for looking,Paul.

**António Fragoeiro** · 07-27-2010, 10:33 PM

Maybe some sort of courier bag, but does not seem to be ww2 related.
Cheers.
Nuno

**Feuerbach** · 07-27-2010, 10:42 PM

I think the solution is in the two buckles. That will tell from wich country it come.
For me personly I dont think military, or maybe after war. The leather doesn't look thick enough for wartime item.
Maybe French pre-war?

**Rommel1942** · 07-28-2010, 12:19 AM

Neat bag, but i dont think it is ww2 related, as Nuno said

**cricketchris1944** · 07-28-2010, 05:59 AM

This is not ww2.I think it is from the guys on the trains that give the tickets.but not military.

**noelh** · 07-08-2011, 12:04 AM

Ok, maybe it's way off but it's reminiscent of a bag I saw once in Dublin city. A slightly anxious looking camouflage uniformed man rushing down the street carrying a bag like that. Clearly French and there was a French ship docked in the harbour. I could be wrong but it's a bit of a coincidence. Bear in mind I'm pretty up to speed with miltary equipment so took it all in and followed him for a while.

We are not in NATO or anything like that so it stood out so I have a vivid memory. Proves nothing of course.