MP 38/40 pouch information please

[SOLDAT1]

Hi All
Would like any information on this original pouch, made in austria where they for some othere weapon and then marked for the mp 38/40? and what troops would of used these and what are they worth?
on the outside back mp38u40 stamp with stolla40 wein waffen eagle WaA866

Robert

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[Jeremy Chan]

Soldat, I'm quite certain that that magazine pouch wasn't made for MP38/40 magazines, but drawn from pre-Anschluss stocks. It was made to hold magazines for some other weapon -- probably the Steyr-Solothurn S-100.
The Germans did this whenever possible -- pressing enemy or obsolete equipment where appropriate for or as their own weapons, in this case using this ammo pouch to hold MP mags.
Cheers,
Jeremy

[SOLDAT1]

Hi Jeremy
Thanks for the information on this pouch i was thinking along these lines thank for confirmation .

Robert

[Bergflak]

Hi Jeremy
Thanks for the information on this pouch i was thinking along these lines thank for confirmation .

Robert

Could you post some close-ups of the markings? I have seen this pouch-model several times, but then only with "Stolla Wien" inside a circle, and I have always thought they were post-war made for the MP40 for Austrian post-war service. If it is 1940 dated it was obviously not made pre-anschluss (1938). K98k and MP40 slings also exists with the "Stolla Wien" circle mark, but appears to be clearly post-war.

[SOLDAT1]

Could you post some close-ups of the markings? I have seen this pouch-model several times, but then only with "Stolla Wien" inside a circle, and I have always thought they were post-war made for the MP40 for Austrian post-war service. If it is 1940 dated it was obviously not made pre-anschluss (1938). K98k and MP40 slings also exists with the "Stolla Wien" circle mark, but appears to be clearly post-war.

Bergflak
sorry for late post, this is not my pouch and i cannot suppy close up but this is the information, hope this helps a bit
Stolla Wein is in a circle but also with a 40 in the middle between Stolla and Wien
It also has a clear ink stamp under the lid with a clear 1940 stamp , but it also has a waffen eagle stamp on the outside which also indicates WW2

Robert