Sno-Seal?
Hi Guys,Question for Guisan- have you used "Sno-Seal" brand beeswax-based boot care products on Swiss leather? The proper, Swiss military issued "Rex" brand blocks of wax are always so old that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Straight Pull Leather Accesories
New Year Bling for our beloved straight pulls. I'm working on a big lot of these right now and this is the first set of the year, so I'd thought I'd post the first leather of the year...
View ArticleClik here to view.
1952 Leibermuster
Here's an interesting one. To my knowledge, Swiss Leibermuster is not considered to have existed in 1952 but it obviously did.It's put together using the normal white thread but the buttons are...
View ArticleSwiss Army Drum...
...being offered as item SW1743 by Deutsche Optik: http://www.deutscheoptik.com/
View ArticleLooking for info on 1940's wooden carrying frames, backpack, kraxe
Hello all, I bought a 1940's wooden equipment carrying frame, a kraxe. Any information on how all the different leather straps and racks on it were used, for ammo? For foodStuffs? For wires? Is very...
View ArticleRadfahrermütze
Here is a cap I picked up a little while ago that some of you may be interested in seeing. A Ord.1917 Radfahrermütze with leather brim. These were issued to all cyclists instead of the Tschako and...
View ArticleOne rusty bike
Probably the worst condition Ordonnanzrad I've ever seen for sale. Looks like it was pulled out of a river!Read More
View Articleschweizer ordonnanzrad 05
Hallo ich bin neu hier und sammel alles was mit den schweizer ordonnanzrädern zutun hat habe eine web seite und auch ein forum aufgemacht www.ordonnanzrad.de www.ordonnanzradforum.de
View ArticleShelter Half, 2013?
Hi Guys,So, it occurred to me that I don´t have any idea what the Swiss Army replaced the shelter half with? I was always impressed with the Swiss shelter half, it seemed to be a very useful, well...
View ArticleIs the M70 Alpenflage uniform machine washable? I think I messed up the...
Recently I purchases a 2 pack of M70 Leibermuster jackets, pants, and backpacks on sale. I guess i should have asked this before hand...but are these machine washable? Foolishly, I tossed one jacket...
View ArticleClik here to view.
unknown Bandouliere
Last week i found an unknown Bandouliere. It is in black leather like all Vetterli leather ware. The cutt is the same like the munition pouche 1893 for the Gw Pat 1890.Read More
View ArticleA very nice attic find on auction in CH now...
http://www.ricardo.ch/kaufen/sammeln-und-...Read More
View ArticleAnyone know what model leather case this is?
http://smg.photobucket.com/user/carlosdiaopter/library/Swiss%20Army%20Leather%20Case?page=1
View ArticleMOB Romande Reenactment Group
Dear all, Happy to be there, happy to have found a really interesting forum about the Swiss Army. The statistics from our webpage http://mobromande.over-blog.ch/ le...Read More
View Article1889 ammo pouches....
Noticed these on Ebay in case somebody is interested...http://...Read More
View ArticleZeltbahn info please
I bought this several years ago , does anyone have any more specific information for this Zelt , I have been told it was originally made for bicycle troops ? Any help would be greatly appreciated !It...
View ArticleMy Swiss officers impression at NZ art deco
Napier yearly has a 30's-40's weekend, i decided to do something a touch different from the usual civilian stuff i decided to go as a Swiss OberLeutnant. It turned a few heads, and got a few smiles...
View ArticleReenactment "Manoeuvre 1943-2013" - MOB Romande Group
Dear all, We spent a very interesting weekend in Vallorbe (Vaud/Switzerland) where we had the opportunity to celebrate the 25 years of the local Museum. Here are some photos of this reenactment event,...
View ArticleSwiss WW2 air force officer tunics
I've been able to acquire three nice Swiss air force captain's jackets from WWII. The first has number 6 on the shoulder (fliegerkompanie 6?) and the last two are from a Captain Andre Favre (the dress...
View Article