German rucksack WW2?

[echofix]

Hello, your opinion about this rucksack ? Probably post-war I presume? All the bst.

[Ir 143]

Rucksack.

IMO civilain with military parts. Bur very nice looking bag !

[echofix]

Post-war civilian rucksack

IMO civilain with military parts. Bur very nice looking bag !

IMO too...

[Jan B]

IMO civilain with military parts. Bur very nice looking bag !

Indeed and often these are sold as being late war or even medical rucksacks...few weeks ago there was one sold as medical variant on a well known Dutch dealers site. For me it was a postwar constructed rucksack with red cross added.

Differences between wartime and postwar made examples are not that difficult to see.

Regards,

Jan B.

[echofix]

Post war rucksack

Indeed and often these are sold as being late war or even medical rucksacks...few weeks ago there was one sold as medical variant on a well known Dutch dealers site. For me it was a postwar constructed rucksack with red cross added.

Differences between wartime and postwar made examples are not that difficult to see.

Regards,

Jan B.

Hello, i agree! But this one had a good looking.. But generally German military rucksack had 2 pockets instead of one for this one. Second, it was too cheap, it couldn't be a late war model.

[Jan B]

.. But generally German military rucksack had 2 pockets instead of one for this one. Second, it was too cheap, it couldn't be a late war model.

Having only one pocket and too cheap aren't criteria to dismiss it. There are other things about it which makes it postwar fabrication !

See this old thread, you'll find all answers about these type of "one pocket rucksacks" , often related to medical use ( although I'm sure that many saw service too as regular pieces with RC)

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=188539

Regards,

Jan B.