Could this be the rarest of all German WW2 frogs ??? 
Speculation is that when the first tropical uniform was produced in 1940 that a web frog without a retaining strap was going to be produced. For some reason not many were ever made.
Keep in mind also that not many infantry (white soutache) were sent to Afrika in 1941. Most sent in 1941 (equipment made in 1940) were light/ mobile (soutache jager green) or specialist.
Anyway here is the only one that I have ever found beside another one with a retaining strap, brought back from North Africa by New Zealand soldiers in 1943. The example without the strap was originally a darker olive green/ brown but it is heavily bleached out.
Both frogs still hold the original bayonets with matching numbers as brought back,
Chris
Speculation is that when the first tropical uniform was produced in 1940 that a web frog without a retaining strap was going to be produced. For some reason not many were ever made.
Keep in mind also that not many infantry (white soutache) were sent to Afrika in 1941. Most sent in 1941 (equipment made in 1940) were light/ mobile (soutache jager green) or specialist.
Anyway here is the only one that I have ever found beside another one with a retaining strap, brought back from North Africa by New Zealand soldiers in 1943. The example without the strap was originally a darker olive green/ brown but it is heavily bleached out.
Both frogs still hold the original bayonets with matching numbers as brought back,
Chris
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