Mystery 3 cell leather pouches

I have this pair of leather pouches which I picked up a while ago, very cheaply, but have no real idea from what country they originate or even if they are genuine or repro. They kind of look slightly German from a distance but when you look closer at them they look far too poor a quality to be of German manufacture. The stitching seems very poor quality and looks as if it may fall apart if the pouches were put to serious use. The vendor had a pile of them but he had no idea of the origin. There appears to be no markings visible on either pouch that I can see. I did wonder if they were made cheaply as reproductions for perhaps use on a film production? Other possibilities could be that they originate from one of Germany's smaller and poorer allies during WW2 or perhaps they were made post WW2 in the general style of WW2 German pouches, in Eastern Europe? I am open to any suggestions as to their origin and as to whether or not they are repros. Thanks for any info.

They look to me like a kind of "last ditch" K98 pouch. Or perhaps they just had a very tough life.

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Originally Posted by Flying10uk

They kind of look slightly German from a distance but when you look closer at them they look far too poor a quality to be of German manufacture. The stitching seems very poor quality and looks as if it may fall apart if the pouches were put to serious use... There appears to be no markings visible on either pouch that I can see... Other possibilities could be that they originate from one of Germany's smaller and poorer allies during WW2 ... ?

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I think you are correct here. Not film requisites or fakes, just cheapo wartime versions.

Thanks Patrick, perhaps I should have had a few more of them, when I had the chance, because the chap selling them had a small pile of them on his stall and they were only £2 or £3 each.

I'd say they are post WW 2 reproductions of the WW 1 ammo pouch.
Made when, for who & what purpose I have no idea, but I would bet Not military.
Sarge

I was going to suggest maybe Yugo copies until I remembered that they didn't make anything like this by half. They had excellent leather goods...

They are Turkish, actually quite common here in the U.S., they came in with the (then) inexpensive Turkish military firearms and bayonets in the late '80s and early '90s.

Turkish Mauser old surplus.