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by olli
Sat Aug 15, 2015 3:10 pm
Forum: International Rations
Topic: British WWII Ration Part found on french beach ???
Replies: 3
Views: 5985

Re: British WWII Ration Part found on french beach ???

Yeah, looks like in WWII rations, there is all canned goods and the rest is wrapped in wax-paper. :( Well, but nice item, will keep it anyway.
by olli
Sat Aug 15, 2015 8:59 am
Forum: International Rations
Topic: British WWII Ration Part found on french beach ???
Replies: 3
Views: 5985

British WWII Ration Part found on french beach ???

Hey guys. We visited northern France last week, in the Departement Nord-pas-de-Calais. There were lots of old german bunkers at the beach and in the cliffs. Besides one of the bunkers I found an old plastic cap from some jam. Could this be of a british WWII ration? It is made of white PE Poly-Ethyle...
by olli
Sun Nov 04, 2012 6:45 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: TROUSERS, SHELL, FIELD M-1951
Replies: 5
Views: 7154

Re: TROUSERS, SHELL, FIELD M-1951

I need REGULAR MEDIUM size, but i stopped smokin some months ago and carrying some little extra kilos since then, so maybe I am right on the edge to X-LARGE MEDIUM. Well, I was thinking about givin the trousers to a tailor to get the broken zipper replaced with a "Klettverschluss", maybe this will f...
by olli
Sun Oct 28, 2012 10:37 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: TROUSERS, SHELL, FIELD M-1951
Replies: 5
Views: 7154

TROUSERS, SHELL, FIELD M-1951

Hi Everyone So, I used to wear a pair of the M-1951 Trousers, Shell, Field for about 10 years, but it became bad and badder over the years, so i had to buy me a new one, which I got from ebay, cause i really liked the style of this trousers. Paid about 45$ plus 25$ shipping to germany, but after 4 m...
by olli
Sat Feb 11, 2012 12:56 pm
Forum: MRE/Ration Videos
Topic: WWII - CARE PAKET
Replies: 4
Views: 6457

WWII - CARE PAKET

http://www.spiegel.de/video/video-1176699.html

This video is about 65 year old stuff from a CARE PAKET, given after WWII to the german people.
A man keept a tin for all this years until today and decided to open it now, to see if it is still good...

Cheers
by olli
Mon Jul 21, 2008 3:11 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Price of Gasoline
Replies: 33
Views: 28516

There must be something that can be done. 8) :?: :x maybe this is a sign for us all to think twice, so if you go to a supermarket to get the cheapest grapes flight in from brazil instead of payin a little more for local fruits, or a typical american or european family household, father, mother, son...
by olli
Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:33 am
Forum: International Rations
Topic: Brit 10 men 24 hour pack
Replies: 6
Views: 7941

one of those boxes please delivered to my home... thanks... xDD
by olli
Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:45 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: unknown american millitary item.... ???
Replies: 6
Views: 7068

thank you for the answers :idea:
i am goin to get pictures of it, so maybe it will be possible to date it by the red stamps...
by olli
Mon Jul 14, 2008 11:04 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: unknown american millitary item.... ???
Replies: 6
Views: 7068

unknown american millitary item.... ???

hey, maybe one of you knows what this item is used for: it is an oliv green bag to fold open to 2 sides, inside are 10 black cotton sheets ( size ~ 2,0 x 0,5 meters ) and also 60 nails ( ~ 20 cm. long ) to fix the sheets onto the ground... the black sheets are marked "422" in white letters and insid...