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Yeah, this stuff is a mix from all over. Canada and UK make up most of it. I think there's at least one Australian item in there somewhere.

I got the last of what I was looking for last week. A British officers satchel. 7 months of watching eBay since my last purchase and I was looking for it for months prior to that. They were around...

The Green is most likely postwar. The khaki could be WWI or WWII stuff but was also used postwar as well for a while. But production pretty much ceased when the war ended and they had a lot around...

Compass case came today and it's a pistol ammo pouch so back to eBay on that one. Compass came yesterday. Appears someone removed the radium and replaced it with white paint which I'm OK with. ...

If it's WWII dated and in good shape you can get some decent money for it. If postwar or no dates it still sells, just not for as much. Seems to be a lot of it around in unissued condition so that...

Binoculars came today and I was pleasantly surprised to find they are in excellent working order. I was expecting cloudy optics, not that is how they were described but I've seen a lot of references...

That's an expensive lighter. I was just up at the Zippo headquarters a month or so ago. Pretty interesting. They combined with Case knives to make a small museum in Bradford PA. Saw an original...

I can't answer that. I did not research these in any great detail but have been looking at them for a few weeks. Most binoculars of the period in Commonweath service seem to have similar paint...

I don't have this in hand yet so these aren't my pics. Canadian, which is seems a lot of my officers set up is going to be. The holster and map case are also Canadian I believe. I bought a compass...

Newest additions: Utility pouches. These are slightly larger than the Bren magazine pouches and were to carry additional munitions from Bren, to mortars to Boys anti-tank clips.
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Don't try pushing the thin end off the fat end like I did and you should be fine. I wiped them out with paper towels and then used dawn dish soap. It actually worked fairly well. It didn't desolve...

So I am the proud owner of an Austin now. Cool. Not quite what I expected.

They are clean now and I put them in the pouches. Probably incorrectly. For display purposes do they go in with...

OK, kind of funny but not funny. I had what I call a stroke moment with these magazines. I call it that because I watched my Dad do these things after he had a stroke and I have one every once in a...

Yes but it stops sliding at the two indentations. I’m going to try flipping it when I get home.

Not quite. I did mess with one. Slide it back till it hit the half moons and then it stopped. I have since read you have to tip it somehow at this point which I did not do. Do I tip the bottom...

The Bren magazines arrived today along with the bracing extensions and the second set of L straps. I realized I am still missing the L strap buckles, forgot about them so ordered them tonight.
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The bubble wrap does a nice job for display. This pack however is not quite full enough of it to do the helmet justice. The weight squishes it just a bit. I have made up my mind to save all the...

Brace straps came yesterday. The weird thing is, I got two complete sets of them. I thought I was getting one and was happy because the pair cost less than buying one from England and that was...

Again, if you feel the need to call it an economy belt even though it does not have a single economy measure in it, be my guest. I will not. It is standard production for all but two manufactures...

I got a big roll of bubble wrap and packed a few of the haversacks. They look good. Not exactly cheap but for $20 I can have nice display pieces. I did two and it looks like I have enough for two...

And it STILL is not an economy belt. Now I suppose we could debate what is economy measures all day which would be pointless. This belt has one non-standard feature not done for economy but so...

I don't see anything there at present but thanks.

I went and just bought the Bren magazines for the pouches. More authentic, they were available although I doubt they are WWII era.

Not an economy belt, they have the belt end sewn on, this still has the brass ends. It does have the separate strip for the keepers which was made to allow companies that couldn't do the weaving to...

Bubble wrap, that's a great idea. Thanks.

I have the complete set minus a few of the specialty pouches on the way now. Have to dig out the two items I have squirreled away somewhere.

Most of this I acquired over the last week. Two items I've had for a while, the Utility Pouch and the Holster. I have two others but don't have access to them at the moment. The bayonet frog and...