Couple of SMWholesale Smocks turned up today. Very happy with them 
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Postman has made me happy today...Torn E.B working radio..German binos..WW2 North Africia Brit dust goggles.
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sorry for slow reply..yes mate they are got them for £25 with case.
MG34 barrel came to day...for the 222 turret.
MG42 lafayette
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Yes, that's a large pack. Perfect for you.
The straps with it do go with it. They're a pair of 37 pattern utility straps. When used with a pair of L-straps you'll find they go over the front of the pack in order to hold it shut or to carry a helmet or other items.
I'd say the fittings were all brass.
It's not an early one or anything special like that, it's just bog standard. Probably with the straps it's saved you up to about a tenner.
Bare in mind the large pack is one of the few items of the '08 webbing set to be used in the 37 pattern webbing set. As I said though, this isn't a really old pack. It's wartime or post war. There are lots like this around.
Everyone used them as school bags when I was a kid as they cost nothing much and could hold folders as well as books - most of us customised them to hell with painted/biro'd/felt penned designs. Duffle bags for PE kit though!
Yup... by the time I was a kid we had canvas ones made especially for school stuff as the war had been over for more than a year. 
But they looked a lot like 37 pat stuff.
We all used them at school too. Although thinking about it, they were probably German surplus.....
I can remember just about the entire Sixth form used them , and the coolest jacket ( sixth form were excused blazers) was a camo para jacket - otherwise known as a Denison - wish I still had mine now !
a 1918 sam browne leather holster 
That Russian style helmet I got on ebay for £6 arrived today, a pair of Red army shoulder boards, small red army hat badge & a Red army guards badge, more stuff on route from Russia but with the royal mail it could take some time.
Steve.D
New tattoo
Oh, and WW2 wise, new drinking uniform!
When we were a Kingdom it was run by a King
When we were an Empire it was run by an Empress
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Wartime edition of Monopoly. lol
Is that an edition made during the war? Or one set, somehow, in the war?
Edition made during the war period with the metal pieces replaced with wood and card ones to save metal for the war effort.
Edition made during the war period with the metal pieces replaced with wood and card ones to save metal for the war effort.
Has it still got the card spinner, instead of the dice?
Set of rabbit ears
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Nice bit of kit Dave! Those the ones that were on eBay i'm guessing.
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..........
Edition made during the war period with the metal pieces replaced with wood and card ones to save metal for the war effort.
Has it still got the card spinner, instead of the dice?
No this one has dice.
Nice bit of kit Dave! Those the ones that were on eBay i'm guessing.
Yeah mate..not a bad price all the ones i'v seen over the summer at shows and on websites have been going for around £650/£800.
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