German rucksacks and tornister packs are my "specialist subject". Don't use dubbin. What you need if Ko-Cho-Line (get it from any good saddlery supplier). Smells a bit evil, and it has the consistency of axle grease, but its absolutely superb for bringing dried out leather back to condition.
Regarding the pack, its not quite a "plain WWII German Infantry Rucksack". Take a pic of the back of the ruck and the bottom of it as well, and i'll be able to tell you a lot more about it - oh, and does it have an internal pocket in it as well?
When we were a Kingdom it was run by a King
When we were an Empire it was run by an Empress
Now we're a country we're run by a..........
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This book is also great
yup i have that book also - there are some stuff missing, but as a early-mid war reference book it's got loads
Some original German books(1940s) , some literary like
Deutsche Sprachpielereien
Unter uns Gesagt
Tiroler Lausbubenehr
Amerika im Kampf Der Kontinente
And two more for my Wehrmacht Soldatenbucherei collection, Nicolaus Tschinderle Raubechauptmann and Ein Mensch full of poet pieces some rather intriguing.
CoD WaW for Xbox 360 - will be playing this later today.
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Cool. Are you on line? If you are up for a bit of a blat, my Xbox ID is imp1864. Funny eh.(some people have no imagination 
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Well, that ruck is an oddity to say the least. Colour & quality wise, the cloth appears to be German WW2. It has the right number of leather patches on the top flap, and same goes for the patches on the side as well. Stitching looks typically German as well.
What's strange is the strap setup. German rucks of that size normally came with one of two different systems. Some had a full set of straps (so they could be worn on their own, and support a belt at the same time) and the others just came with D hooks at the bottom and top to attach to the standard German Army/SS yoke.
That's not to say that you wont see a German ruck with a simple set of shoulder straps - hell, i've got a couple here - but the way they're attached to the bottom of the rucksack is a new one on me!
Very odd. Will do some more digging on it...
When we were a Kingdom it was run by a King
When we were an Empire it was run by an Empress
Now we're a country we're run by a..........
maybe its an after war conversion job. my dad had a brit small pack that had straps sewn on . he used it for work for years.
Airsoft mask 
Meine Ehre Heißt Treue
SS-Rottenführer Kotzur
Zweite Kampfgruppe
I. SS Pz. Div. Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler
A block of the dreaded blanco !
A block of the dreaded blanco !
Don't eat it all at once. 
Sturm dot44 tunic - 2nd hand but brand new condition.
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got a canvas 1945 sling for my garand and a pouch for a wire cutter. Ah so much to buy, so little cash.
yeah i can't work out why it has a d clip one side
It's not an unusual set up, my little arty rucksack has the same. It makes it easier to unship the sack quickly.
Nothing to stop this being a post war civvy rucksack or a post war upgrade to a military sack. It could even be private purchase??
It's nice and looks the part, I'd enjoy it as it is.
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AFRA
better by design
"Truth is a shining goddess, always veiled, always distant, never wholly approachable, but worthy of all the devotion of which the human spirit is capable. "
Just received my next Mark Bando Book. 101st Airborne, screaming Eagles in Normandy. Great book,full of amazing images from the normandy campaign.
Also just received the Airborne troops Field manual "tactics and techniques of airborne troops". For the Dog Company training regime.
A block of the dreaded blanco !
square and waxy or round and crumbly ? ...................
A block of the dreaded blanco !
square and waxy or round and crumbly ? ...................
Sounds like cheese to me
"G.I. Collector's Guide"
I can see why this is regarded as the bible of GI stuff...
Shame it has no pictures of stuff being worn though!
square and waxy
Mosin nagant Pouches,
Another set of the Austrian leather pouches that I can't identify but hold m14 mags & have D rings.
3 M14 lo-caps.
