JensF.

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Yep, they made them too, but usually with a dark green paint. The pre war ones were usually black.

WOW! Thats a nice one. I am looking forward to the pics!

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On the first row everything seems to be "homemade". Second row: A rare german "Handnebelbombe" (smoke grenade), rifle grenades 13 and 14, both with transportation plug. The can in the lower left corner looks homemade too.

Interesting grenades! All french. I am not sure about the left one, but in the middle is a P2 modified as some kind of Wurfmine and the right one is an OF1, the offensive model of the F1 handgrenade.

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How do you mean that? The crosses with die-flaw (the two from me) are made after 1957???

Hi guys, any opinions on these three Friedrich-Crosses from Anhalt? Two have some kind of die-flaw in the oak-wreath in the lower left corner and the third one is quite shiny.

After being 10 years in the German Reserve now I already shot many assault guns of other nations. As Chris writes, it is important with which rifle you "grow up". For me it was the H&K G3 in 7,62 mm and I still like that gun. The modern G36 we use now has got too much plastic and you get problems with the optics during a fast change from warm to cold temperatures. I still trust the G3 even with its weight and more or less obsolete caliber...

The color is different too and the carrying grip is hollow. There are not always crown stamps on it, but very often a maker like one of the arsenals. Mine is stamped with "AWS" which was the Artilleriewerkstatt Spandau.

Inner side:

Especially in Verdun many items were hit again and again by shell fragments. It must not mean, the owner carried it as it was hit. Or lets hope, he didn't... Here is a Batschari cigarette tin from neighbouring Cote 304.

Very interesting watches!

Female tanker! haha

After checking the pouch again I got it! It is really a complete tent pouch, which was folded in the middle and sewn together. Thats why it has got two compartments and two repairs on front and back; these are the spots where the leather straps were attached to it. By its size it was maybe used to store Feldpost letters etc. Interesting item, especially due the unit LMW Abt.

Thats possible, but it has got two (!) compartments inside. I forgot to mention this above.

Handwritten on the back the name: Schwerburger, RJR 221 And unit: L.W.M. Abt. (= Leichte Minenwerfer-Abteilung). What kind of pouch could it be? Tools for the Minenwerfer?

Unit mark inside the lid: 221 R

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Yesterday I got this small pouch (13 x 19 cm) with a unit mark f?r Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment 221.

This is the bag for the extra propellant for the austrian 10 cm M14 field howitzer: http://www.landships.freeservers.com/10cm_..._walkaround.htm

I think you mean this one. It was used for water for the MGs.

Btw. it seems that there is a layer of not very healthy asbestos in the lid.

Thanks, thats it!