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Re: Tornister M34 - 31.5 markings ?
Also tested under UV - nothing glows :-)
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Re: Tornister M34 - 31.5 markings ?
All looks fine.
However, you have mistaken a Fraktur letter "P" for a "B". So his surname is "Pelz".
Cheers, Ade.
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Re: Tornister M34 - 31.5 markings ?
Hello,
sorry i can't help you out with the 31,5 marking, but this type of Tornister is not the M34 which had no leather loops on its front flap and had a messkit cloth bag sewn inside....yours is an older type used within the german army during WWI and the Reichswehr years. From 1934, this older type was issued to political and paramilitary organisations. Concerning the carrying leather straps, they're turned inside out...the reinforcing leather part sewn where auxiliary strap is attached shoud be inside, so not visible from outside....Your Tornister is not very common as 99% of haversacks of this type usually had a fur front flap....a nice item even if not stricto sensu military...
Thanks
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Re: Tornister M34 - 31.5 markings ?
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Adrian Stevenson
All looks fine.
However, you have mistaken a Fraktur letter "P" for a "B". So his surname is "Pelz".
Cheers, Ade.
You right my mistake.
Thanks.
Regarding those nametags were they army or paramilitary ?
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Re: Tornister M34 - 31.5 markings ?
These name tags were a private purchase option. Many soldiers bought them, as did members of the SA/SS/HJ etc.
I recall my Mum bought me some similar ones for my first school uniform circa 1966!
Cheers, Ade.
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Re: Tornister M34 - 31.5 markings ?
I've seen the exact style sewn onto a feldflasche and a zeltbahn ( in fact I own the zellt - a 1939 issue ) so it certainly puts it in the time frame but who did them for the soldier is something I don't know.
Dan
" I'm putting off procrastination until next week "
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Re: Tornister M34 - 31.5 markings ?
Hi Dan, many companies offered these tags for sale. They were popular in several formats: machine woven, like shown here, or the other popular format was screen printed which also gave the soldiers unit details.
I have seen these advertised in "UM" Magazine.
Cheers, Ade.
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Re: Tornister M34 - 31.5 markings ?
Thanks Ade - I wonder if many of us have items with these tags sewn on them, might be an interesting idea for a thread .......h'mm.
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Re: Tornister M34 - 31.5 markings ?
Nice idea. I have a couple of screen printed tags I can share.
Cheers, Ade.
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