Airborne Leg bag , equiptment drop bag

[Bob Carter]

http://http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayIS...MEBI%3AIT&rd=1


I'm curious what your thoughts are on this airborne leg bag currently running on ebay , item number 6635083732 , I know there have been some excellant repros and the originals are rare as hens teeth and would like to know if anyone here is familiar with this pattern or maker.

[Maj.Cain]

Hello Bob,
i was thinking the same as you are on the leg bag shown on ebay!
It looks oke to me from the pictures but i can not be 100 procent sure as i have never holded one in my hands, only seen one op close in Hartenstein for dosens of times!
I have a repro on my British parachutist untill i find an original, but if this is the one i don't know yet.
I have also posted a question on this item on a dutch Tommy site!
Hope some others may have some more info for us!

Cheers,
Cain

[lnijherald]

Hi Bob, the colour is a bit odd...
Quite unlike the one at the Hartenstein airborne museum or the replicas from Pegasus Militaria.

It reminds me of an Australian leg bag (1945, made by MH&Co) sold by Westland a couple of years back, but that one clearly had a DD stamp.

But someone out there seems to think it is valuable!

Cheers, Luc

[Bob Carter]

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Well at a final price of $3328.38, someone suely thought highly of this piece - anyone have any info or thoughts on this piece? Is it known if the Brits produced these in green?

[Gene]

Can someone post pics? I clicked on the link several times and was sent to Microsoft's home page each time!

[Bob Carter]

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Sorry the link didn't work - my fault, and for some reason I can't resize the one pic of the entire bag but the detail pics are there. I'm really looking for any info on these - they're so few and far between.

[Tony Farrell]

£1800? You've got to be sh**ing me? That's got to be a record for ancillary equipment surely?

[Jack Dutton-Roberts]

£1800? You've got to be sh**ing me? That's got to be a record for ancillary equipment surely?

...but far cheaper than some of those gongs you've got

[Alex R.]

That was funny , LOL