M31 Rucksack Unissued with RBNr. lavin like originals

like originals

This style of sharpener did exist in the 1930's but was also produced after the war

The colors ranged from jet black to white and everything in between

A few loose seams and fraying at the neck (can be restitched fairly easily)

One is missing its cap

M31 Rucksack Unissued with RBNr. lavin like originalsThis is a nice example of a German rucksack for several reasons. For starters, it is unissued and in very good condition. In addition to that, it was manufactured with materials salvaged from several sources making it a nice example to study. The webbing used is a mix of standard German webbing along with some British webbing which would have been made from captured British equipment from 1940 France and Greece. The wide gray webbing on the back is