Rare carry sling with LP34 Holster

[slavo76]

Hello dear Experts,

Someone of You who has got an idea what kind sling is it???I have bought it from norwegian offiser with original LP34 holster, He told me that carry sling is original too, but seems not like these used by German with signal flares pouch or holster.
Please Help with ID!!!

[me6_130]

I guess Father Christmas has con early for you... That seems to be an early MP38 mag pouch transport strap. I can't find the thread right now but there is one around about the early mag pouches.

Carles

[me6_130]

Well, till I find it I'm posting some pics I had in my files. It seems to be a mix between the grey and the white variations. It is grey material with buckles and attachments of the white one.

Here!!! I found the thread, go through it all:

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...+cell+MP+pouch

Carles

[Ir 143]

Strap.

Buckles looks like some french ones.

[Bergflak]

Buckles looks like some french ones.

That information is very interesting! Have you seen this type of hardware used on items manufactured in France / for the French prewar army?

[me6_130]

The hooks looks partially like the French Gasmask mod31 strap, but the hook only, as the rest doesn't. I haven't found that such aluminium parts in any other hardware.


Carles

[slavo76]

Rare carry sling with LP34 Holster

The hooks looks partially like the French Gasmask mod31 strap, but the hook only, as the rest doesn't. I haven't found that such aluminium parts in any other hardware.


Carles

So is it in Your opinion strap from early MP38 pouches?

[slavo76]

Rare carry sling with LP34 Holster

Hooks by french M32 gas mask looks a little different...think so.

[Höhe 112]

Below: 2 kind of regular hooks used with the straps for the French canteen Model 1935 and quite different
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[slavo76]

Rare carry sling with LP34 Holster

Hooks by french M31 gas mask looks a little different...think so.

Sorry I meant the French gas mask model 31.

Author of the post.

[Bergflak]

So is it in Your opinion strap from early MP38 pouches?

Your sling is NOT a German WW2 factory made sling. It might very well be a "non-standard" sling made for the 6-cell pouches in a occupied country (France?), as the hardware is identical to that used on the cartridge belt slings normally found on these pouches. Like the slings shown further up in this thread by me6_130.

[me6_130]

Hello Reidar,

Even when not standard, the ammo belt straps seem to be early o pre-production items for those 6 and 3 cell pouches, that could have been produced by " [...] Friedrich Offerman & Söhne from Bensberg (dkk). Probably in 1938/1939." according to information provided by Alex aka Greif7 (MP40.nl)

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...6&postcount=68

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...P+pouch&page=5

Carles