Y straps

[The Jackal]

Hi guys,

I found these beautiful set of y straps in great condition and now part of my collection. I have no doubts about its originality but I do have one question. The straps are reinforced with round 'nails' as you can see on the pictures. I have never seen this before. Are they an indication of late war straps or something done by the private himself, or ...?

http://www.xs4all.nl/~jnve/Y-straps%202.htm

Hope you can help. Thanks,

Jac

[JPhilip]

I have never seen this feature before, even on late war Y-straps. IMO this is a personal initiative.

[FestungSpanien]

I do agree,although they seem to be good from here. Maybe they reinforced the straps the same way the did with some P08/P38 holsters.
Ace

I have never seen this feature before, even on late war Y-straps. IMO this is a personal initiative.

[JPhilip]

I do agree,although they seem to be good from here. Maybe they reinforced the straps the same way the did with some P08/P38 holsters.
Ace

Hello Ace,
honestly i think this feature is a non regulation one. Even if the job is quite well done, i remain on my first idea : this is a personal initiative. It could be also a postwar modification for a reissue in another country...I guess that the more pleasant hypothesis for owner is WWII field made modification.
just a thought, if it was a late war regulation modification, with the dozens and dozens of dead stocks late war Y-straps i've seen already, i guess i would have encountered that feature before on some unissued items...at least just once, but of course i may be wrong...

[paul.j]

y straps

As the rear strap is a post war one it is most likely the rivets are post war done,probably as part of re-issue to whichever of the many armies used them.
Cheers,
paul

[The Jackal]

As the rear strap is a post war one it is most likely the rivets are post war done,probably as part of re-issue to whichever of the many armies used them.
Cheers,
paul

Hi Guys,

Thank you all for your reply's. Very mutch appreciated .

Paul, can you give more information concerning the rear strap. A post war one ?

Jac

[besslein]

Hi Guys,

Thank you all for your reply's. Very mutch appreciated .

Paul, can you give more information concerning the rear strap. A post war one ?

Jac

the are ww2 not post war

[paul.j]

y straps

the are ww2 not post war

Your collection must be great

[zeugmeister]

This straight Stitching is Post War, original ones had a round stitching.

Regards

Dirk

[The Jackal]

This straight Stitching is Post War, original ones had a round stitching.

Regards

Dirk

Of course I checked this at once with my other Y strap and indeed, those have a round stitching. The onces in this tread have a square stitching. Gues I am learning al the time.

Thanks for the input .

[Michael Kuligowski]

straps are put together set.. - post war austrian back strap.. rivets propably added when these were placed on a backpack.. etc - could be whole back construction is resewn...
altogether - nothing special

[Reptyle]

I can remenber that there was a topic where they discussed this backstrap, on this forum, there it was found original WW2, I dont understand why people have doubts again? There were diffirent types of backstraps, they didn't always sew them round.

How about these y-straps on ebay, is this backstrap postwar to? It looks quite fitting with the whole to me..

Number: 120148743447

[Michael Kuligowski]

I can remenber that there was a topic where they discussed this backstrap, on this forum, there it was found original WW2, I dont understand why people have doubts again? There were diffirent types of backstraps, they didn't always sew them round.

How about these y-straps on ebay, is this backstrap postwar to? It looks quite fitting with the whole to me..

Number: 120148743447

I guess I didnt take a part in this discussion ?? maybe a link to it ???

straps You just showed on ebay are coming from one of the worst sellers on ebay US (in my opinion) they also have post war austrian back strap and what looks like replaced front backpack straps... junk...

[Reptyle]

I didnt take a good look at the y-straps, but now i see that your right, it's junk.

I found the auction on ebay germany wich is the example I couldnt find yesterday. This is a fine example wich hasn't been touched. When I asked the seller if he was sure the backstrap was original, he almost got mad at me for even asking. I know it doesnt clears anything, but just take a look. The color and material is the same. ( as far as I can see from the pictures)

http://cgi.ebay.nl/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...DME:L:RTQ:NL:1

Also on the site: atthefront.com is said about these backstraps that the postwars are identical to the war fabricated. That they already were being fabricated in WW2!

Finally, i couldn't find the thread where they discussed this backstrap and where was concluded it was a good one. ( that's tipical you might thing, but I am sure i read it and feel not being able to find it!)

Greetings Reptyle

[Kurland]

Hoi,

Maybe you remembered this thread:

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=204080

Regards Peter