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    Tornister, Leichensack and holster

    Hello! I'm not too familiar with either of these, but i got a hold of them relatively cheap so i took a chance. Any info on these would be much obliged.

    First up is an M34 tornister marked Wien 1940. Does it seem consistent with other designs?




















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    The next item is rather morbid. It's a body bag (leichensack?) (unused) supposedly found at a norwegian costal fort where a number of them was stored in preparations for a possible allied invasion.

    It doesn't have any kind of markings on it. It's completely made out of paper and card board. The bag itself consists of three layers of a relatively thick paper fabric, which has a rough wavy-like surface and appears to have moisture absorbing qualities. The bag is wrapped and knotted together by a number of ropes made out of paper. Inside the bag, there's a a thin, dark card board-like piece which i suppose is meant for the body. It's tied to the bag by paper ropes. Above this piece, there's a small individual piece of paper of the same material as the bag. It folds out on one side and the bottom. It has stitchings on the other side and and doesn't fold out on the top. It also has a paper rope attached to it.
    The bag has two staples attached to the top, bottom, right and left side in order to keep the paper together.

    It measures roughly 2 meters in width and 3 meters in length. It's was very, very difficult to fold it out since the paper was in bad condition and was very fragile. The same goes for the wrapping up.

    Has anyone seen any of these before, or do any own any other type of leichensack that would have been used by the german army?





























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      Last up is a holster. For an unknown reason, it came along with the body bag as a "freebie". It doesn't have any markings on it with the exception of a crown. Is it recognizable for anyone?











      Any info on any of these three would be greatly appreciated!

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        #4
        Originally posted by Hindenburg View Post
        First up is an M34 tornister marked Wien 1940.

        It is not m34 but M39 tornister. Seem to be made by WERSA Wien or Budischowsky Wien .
        The holster definately is not german and rather seems to be danish or norwegian (I bet it is danish
        ).

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          #5
          Originally posted by anmarlodz View Post
          It is not m34 but M39 tornister. Seem to be made by WERSA Wien or Budischowsky Wien .
          The holster definately is not german and rather seems to be danish or norwegian (I bet it is danish
          ).
          Thanks! I was led to believe it was a different model. Still an interesting piece.

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