MG tasche

[foy1944]

found this 1945 dated MG-tasche today on a local fair !!!
payed 70 euro for it...

[foy1944]

more pics

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[ChrisCook]

tasche

Very nice, I'd love to have one like that, cool stamps, and I love the web closure strap... Chris...

[Jørn Schmidt]

Great looking pouch,you did well
Cheers
J.S

[Frank De Smedt]

Nice One !

FRANK

[foy1944]

thank you guys !!
what do you think abouth the rivets ? i think it is possible they where replaced after the war by modern ones ,on the inside they are very shiny ,maybe the inner piece came loose over the years ? or did they already had this kind of rivets ?

[me6_130]

I don't like those rivets...never seen them on any MG gunner's pouch but that doesn't mean they didn't exist, it's just I don't like them. Are they aluminium?

Can you show some pics of the inside?

Carles

[me6_130]

Hello Jo,

After studying your pics I have reached the conclusion that those rivets are not original. Look at all the scratches on the front and under... it looks as if they had been done with a screwdriver when removing the original rivets. That would have been done to remove the inner wooden and metal plates, so to use the pouch for some other purpose. Pitty the restoration was done with that kind of rivets.

Carles

[foy1944]

hi Carles ,thank you for the good info
i already thought this was the case !
i think the rivets are aluminium . the inside seems to be ok and original ,i shall make a picture for you !
but it still looks greath on my mannequin though !!
greetings ,Jo.

[Nick Komiya]

Here's the same make, same 45 issue with the correct rivets

[foy1944]

thank you for that nice picture Nick
what a beauty !!

[Nick Komiya]

The inside and back

[foy1944]

thank you ,appriciated it very much !
only the tought that maybe they where next to eachother in those days...

[RED LION]

many of this pouches came out of bundes heer stocks from austria sold on militaria beurs in belgium for 50 euros . i have see the last sold 4 years ago . a french guy bought banana cases full of them in austria and sold it to dealers at good price .
barnfinds are moore rare .

[Grossfuss]

MG Tasche

Hi,
I suspect Nick Komiya's pouch came from Russia like mine, note the black paint they strangely bothered to paint all the metal fittings with.
It can be removed but it's a fiddly task!
A|ll the best,
Grossfuss