3 afrika thing... Opinions please

[pionier]

I've these 3 africa pieces. Early feldflasche with afrika strap, afrika gasplanetasche and afrika brotbeutelriemen. All three mint to near mint. No uv-lightning.

Would like to know your opinions...

Here are the pics...

[hcliffe]

All look like nice minty pieces.

[Glenn Barbaritz]

any markings on the gas cape pouch? is there a gas cape in there? Glenn

[Michael Kuligowski]

Canteen and straps looks ok amnd minty !!
but I am not a fan of tan gas cape pouches - these are faked a lot.... and I havent got one with a good background science I collect.... - I just dont trust them too much...

[Bernhard]

Hi guys,

The gas cape pouch pionier has posted seems to be of a different construction than most others.
It seems that instead of the most commonly found specimen with snap
fasteners this one has button and button holes ?

Are there any stamps ?

Here some of mine.
Note the difference in the materials they are made of !

[Bernhard]

The tan cape bags are all from the fleamarket.
Note the one with the "pinkish buttons".

[Michael Kuligowski]

The tan cape bags are all from the fleamarket.
Note the one with the "pinkish buttons".

thats the problem - I'v never found tropical (tan) one on the fleamarket yet.. and I am always sceptical about minty ones on dealers sites... - just me

[pionier]

The stamp on the gasplanepouch is GDM (cant read the last letter but seams like a M or N).

Indeed... It can be a fake. I see them more then ones going as 'original'. O yes, some dealers sell the same one, same condition, and same stamp (alert!)

What would be a fare selling price...?

[pionier]

new pics

Some new pics:

[afrika]

When I first saw the title of this thread, I thought you were talking about me!! ha ha

I once owned a similar gas cape bag, same colour, same stamp but different colur buttons-they were grey! does this mean fakes and the maker ran out of similar buttons? The material was definately older, perhaps period? Who knows, it is as much a mystery as the afrika butterdose!

The canteen is a minty examople of the standard .7 litre issue piece. VERY nice condiotion. What is the date? The webbing once again is very tan coloured. I would guess 1942 or 1943.

The bread bag strap appears mid to late war, its very tan coloured whereas earlier webbing was olive coloured. A real nice example, not often seen in this colour.

Steve

[pionier]

Thanks for your reply.

The afrika flask is dated wwe42. The wool is dated wwe41/42 or wwm41/42... Cant read that so easy.

Do you know what would be a fare price? I am thinking of selling these...

[afrika]

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Steve