Actually Berta is a bona-fide German name so you're good either way EDIT: According to more than one website, the German phonetic alphabet is Anto...

KD and bare knees FTW. Here is an impression of an officer in Italy circa 1944 - should I ever need such an impression

Yes, as David says, doing it my way results in the raw webbing still grinning through the blanco a bit, which was exactly the look I was after.

Well, the way I did it was to dilute the blanco with water to a 50/50 mix and paint on dry webbing. Looks fine. Others have diluted it less and put ...