Luft flight equipment and all that's related.

[zeugmeister]

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[Jos L C]

My first second type AK 39!
Where came the strap from, from flight googles ?
And (for) what is the turnable disc on the bottom?

Thanks and Regards

Dirk

The strap is a mix of something that might be flight goggles for a part plus ?

The disc at the bottom of this type can be turned to totally white or half white, might has something to do with night and day, but the exact purpose I don't know.
Something I've read is that the bottom of the backside had a sliding opening so a map could be viewed through the top of the compass face.
Don't know how to see that..

Nice question to find out..

Jos.

[zeugmeister]

Thanks Jos!
I`ll display this AK with that strap, i think it`s period made.

the bottom of the backside had a sliding opening so a map could be viewed through the top of the compass face.

That was my first thought!

Regards
Dirk

[Wijtman01]

how about regular bluse and 4 pocket jackets are they also alowed and visors?

[Jos L C]

how about regular bluse and 4 pocket jackets are they also alowed and visors?

You can put them in here..
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=374726


Jos.

[Theodor]

FL numbers are usually found on aircraft parts, LW fieldgear, but here is something more extraordinary, a fuel barrel with its own FL number

TMT
1941
Fl. Kraftstoff
200 L
FL Nr 68840

Does Ikea sell cabinets for barrels?

[Pierre]

Luftwaffe life raft in its bag. This one goes with the seat pack parachute. Almost complete as the inspection booklet and the instructions leeflet are missing...

Pierre

[Harry]

Very desirable! - I have been hunting for one as good as this for ages.......

[willi]

Hello,
what do you think of this german schwimmweste, is it really for KM or Lufwaffe? Thanks for information

http://www.aukro.cz/item735020945_kr..._original.html

[Pierre]

Hi Willi,

it is a Kriegsmarine Mae West.

Pierre

[willi]

Hi Willi,

it is a Kriegsmarine Mae West.

Pierre

OK, thanks Pierre.
Do you have some original photo where can I see this west?

[willi]

From the closer photo, I think this may be Czech Notice the letters for the directions - the German would be S, O, W /Sud, Ost, West/. And these are V, J, Z, which may be the Czech directions Vychod /East/, Zapad /West/, Jih /South/. I hope I am correct with the Czech words? But looks really cool and fits very well with the rest! /if it is postwar, seems the German ones are its direct ancestors!/

Yes, you´re right, it is Czech afterwar compass

[Acez84]

Greetings.

I stumbled across this german LW canteen in a salvation army store today. I go there regularly to check if any militaria has come in, but I´ve only found a mauser K98 bayonett earlier... This was quite the surprise. I paid 50 NOK / 5 POUNDS /6 EURO, or 10 USD for it

Its been repainted, probably by the Norwegian army. There are some dents and paintloss that reveals a yellow paint underneath. What and how does the original LW flieger canteens look like? I saw one on ebay but that had no paint at all. The interior smells like gasoline. Im considering using a paint remover very carefully to peel the outer layer off. The yellow layer seems very thin. What do you guys think?

- Jon Kjetil






Edit: Guess I just found the answer to the yellow paint

Heres the fuel cannister that was a part of the Luft survival kit. You can see it in original photos posted earlier in this thread.

Thomas

[hopsi]

Hello
Just wanted to present some gloves I received recently.
Best regards
Stephan

[hopsi]

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