leather straps (mantelriemen)

[Zeller]

A couple of unissued leather straps marked 1943.
Which is your opinion ?

[Zeller]

detail

[Zeller]

another detail

[Zeller]

last one

[MP44_tom]

IMHO they are post war BGS straps:

warning marks: 1943 was mostly stamped with 3 letter code and not maker stamped
Most of the time black stitching is post war (but not allways, but then it is very early)

HTH
Tom
www.mp44.nl

[Glenn Barbaritz]

I definitely am not into the markings shown. they dont look right at all plus too crisp and thin. not for me. Glenn

[besslein]

look post war

[JPhilip]

Hello Gentlemen,
I'm surprised that no one did notice the wrong orthography for the name of maker : Josef Moll ?
No !!!! Joseph Moll
Silly faker, not even able to read properly...
ciao!

[Zeller]

I'm glad this thread started a discussion on the straps. Actually these very same straps are sold as ORIGINAL (which we can easily see they are not) on Ebay, from Germany, at a price which would be right for repro/re-enactment stuff. Interestingly, the seller offers also reproductions to a even more ridicolous price (quality is even lower). I saw the auctions going on since months and the "originals" always have such markings.
By the way, I needed 2 straps for carrying a zeltbahn on my 4x4 and i got a set. But now we have a big BEWARE

[Soldat de Fer]

Hello Gentlemen,
I'm surprised that no one did notice the wrong orthography for the name of maker : Josef Moll ?
No !!!! Joseph Moll
Silly faker, not even able to read properly...
ciao!

Hello
Yes I did !!!
Wrong type of markings anyway.
Best Regards
Pierre-Yves

[MP44_tom]

I didn't even pay attention to that.
Allright so we also have a josef moll now

Well, these are easily spotted then

Tom
www.mp44.nl