Germany, Heer. A 1943 Ration Bag Auction Archive was born on January 2

was born on January 2

some ten months after Canada followed Britain's lead and entered the war

on August 26

named to Grün as a Hauptmann of Panzer-Regiment 5 (and now commander of I

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Germany, Heer. A 1943 Ration Bag Auction Archive was born on January 2(Heeres Verpflegungssack). Constructed of beige burlap (or Hessian cloth), the exterior bearing a stamped black inscription of H. VERPFL. 1943 for Heeres Verpflegung 1943 (Army Rations 1943) on one side and a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika on the opposite side, with three of the edges securely reinforced with heavy stitching to ensure safe transport of grain, potatoes, or other edibles, unmarked, measuring 68 cm (w) x 112 cm (h),