Original German WWII Gebirgsjäger Mountain Trooper M31 Tornister Backpack by Rudolf Kurz - Dated 1941 Antique Remingtons HUNGARY43/F CROATIA

HUNGARY43/F CROATIA

The black-finished patent leather chin strap rests upon the visor and is made up of three pieces: the central piece with two magnetic metal buckles and joined to the flanking end pieces via oval loops

this style of bayonet was common for "Pioneer" troops

VFA-213 joined Attack Carrier Air Wing 11 (CVW-11) and made 9 deployments to Vietnam and the Western Pacific aboard USS Kitty Hawk as follows:

by Ranjit Singh

Original German WWII Gebirgsjäger Mountain Trooper M31 Tornister Backpack by Rudolf Kurz - Dated 1941 Antique Remingtons HUNGARY43/F CROATIAOriginal Item. Only One Available. This is a very nice service used example of the Large Model 1931 Tornister (Knapsack) Backpack, used by German Army Gebirgsjger Mountain Troopers. This is the back pack that the later M41 Tornister used by all Wehrmacht forces was based on, in a scaled down form. This pack is quite large, and it needed to be, as the mountain troopers operated away from the main supply lines, and the weather and conditions were far