Tropical German Bread Bag, MINT (Brotbeutel-31)
Price: $250
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Description: Heavy, olive green cotton/ALL tropical-web construction; complete with all attachment points; ink-stamped Rbn# (mid-42) inside flap and showing numerous part-assembly numbers used during construction. All original stitching throughout; If you want the best this is it. MINT Condition
Background:The standard issue M31 haversack, commonly referred to as the “bread bag”, was based on the M1887 haversack and was adopted by the Wehrmacht as well as a wide variety of uniformed and non-uniformed political and paramilitary organizations in 1931. The main variation in bread bags used by political and paramilitary personnel as opposed to Wehrmacht personnel was the color. The bread bag was designed to carry rations, eating utensils and other assorted personal items. In late 1940 with the impending German entrance into the North African campaign the standard leather fittings on the M31 bread bag were altered to canvas web fittings for longer wear in the tropical climate.
