Fleamarket Find Webbing Pouch

[Ian Hulley]

Good afternoon, could anyone kindly identify this pouch for me please ...





















It looks to me to be a '37 pattern pistol ammo pouch going on the brass buckle but the rest of the fittings and edging look very strange. There are no markings at all.

I guess an idea of value too would be good too ... it cost a whole Derbyshire pound so no big deal anyway.

Many thanks, Ian.

[Bond]

I always try this site for Commonwealth webbing Ian.

http://www.karkeeweb.com/index.html#home

[Ian Hulley]

Thanks for that Jerry, I'll take a look.

Ian

[RobDekk]

Doesn't look like it's from the Commonwealth. Interesting pouch, never seen one like it before.

[Ian Hulley]

Yes, it doesn't seem to be on the linked website ..

Cheers, Ian.

[Bond]

The fabric reminds me of Russian webbing. the odd metal fitting also rings a bell but I can't think from where.

[RobDekk]

My initial guess was Israeli but could be Danish, Greek, Dutch, etc. Any markings at all? The design makes it compatible with British & US webbing.

[Ian Hulley]

Sorry, no markings at all. Found in a VW show flea market in the Yorkshire Dales ...

Ian

[peter monahan]

I vaguely recall seeing something like this years ago here in Canada. The web fabric and buckle look classic British/Commonwealth to me. I wonder if it isn't a psot WWII modification with a 'quick opening' closure. looks like an ammo pouch, so perhaps used with an SMG or some such? The eyelets on the bottom are, just possibly, to take a tie-down thong or string, so that it would depend from a strap end - bellwo the belt - on Pattern 37 webbing and be tied to the leg. Guessing wildly here, if you couldn't tell.


Interesting puzzle.

[blinky]

I wonder if it's something that came from Iraq....

[Ian Hulley]

I wonder if it's something that came from Iraq....

Hiya, the thing that brought me here was the classic '37 pattern buckle. It has the slip-through loops for a belt and the buckle for the suspension strap, I wondered about a post-war Browning mag pouch or similar but the fastener (which would surely be slower than the normal press stud style anway) and the fabric trim made me wonder.

For £1 I thought I'd get it as it's got to be worth a tenner hasn't it ??

Ermm, hasn't it ?

Ian

[blinky]

Hey, it's cheap entertainment.....you're getting your moneys worth just trying to figure out the mystery! On the other hand it'll probably sit in a box mocking you every time you see it......

I've been working with a huge collection of Iraqi stuff and this really reminds me of some of that stuff. There was an LBE rig that had a mix of original British '37, modified British '37, an odd Russian pouch and a couple of straight Iraqi made pieces that defy description. The soldier must have looked like a Boss wearing it but it looks to be about as functional as a snowman on a battlefield in the desert.

[Ian Hulley]

The soldier must have looked like an ar$e wearing it

There, I corrected that for you

Ian

[JC ESQ.]

Indian army? For SLR mags?

[RobDekk]

Did they carry spare magazines or just chargers?