Rucksack Wehrmacht (Combat rucksack Wehrmacht)

An olive drab canvas rucksack, 18" wide, 15 3/4" tall and 5 1/2" deep. A roughly 10" square fold-over flap, also in olive drab canvas and whose forward corners are rounded, is sewn along the rear edge of the rucksack’s open top. A 5/8" wide and 9" long, blackened leather strap, with seven buckling holes to its free end, is sewn to the leading edge of this flap. It mates with a single-pronged metal buckle to the end of a similar strap, with a leather retaining loop, sewn to the front center of the sack itself. To either side of this buckle are sewn 6 1/4" wide and 8 1/2" tall patch pockets, from each of whose flaps descend narrower, blackened leather straps mating with correspondingly narrower buckles, also on straps with retaining loops, sewn to the pocket fronts. To the bases of each pocket are sewn webbed canvas tabs, whose free ends are wrapped and sewn around metal "D" rings. Near the base of each side panel are sewn two, 1/2" wide blackened leather loops, arranged alongside of one another and each rising 2 1/2". These loops allowed additional pieces of equipment to be attached to the rucksack. Sewn to either side of the base of the sack are 1" wide, blackened leather tabs, each of whose rear facing ends are wrapped and sewn around metal hooks. Identical tabs and hooks are riveted to either end of a roughly 8" wide, 2" tall panel of webbed canvas sewn to the upper part of the reverse of the sack, which has an obscured ink stamp to it. These hooks, to the reverse and base of the rucksack, facilitated attaching it to the M39 Y-straps. Forward of each reverse hook, to either rear corner of the fold-over flap, are sewn metal "D" rings to the ends of webbed canvas tabs. A tunnel loop runs along the open top of the rucksack, with two alloy grommets to its front, through which either end of the adjusting cord fed through the loop exits. To the interior, an olive drab colored pocket, the full width and almost the full height of the sack, is sewn along its rear wall. This pocket has two alloy dish buttons sewn along its upper edge, which mate with the two buttonholes to the 5" tall pocket flap, in the same material as the pocket, sewn above it. Interior of the pack is nicely Rbnr marked. Shows typical aging but is in over all excellent condition.