No. 4 (T) Paratroop Packing?

[browningautorifle]

It's a type of Griswold leg bag but not like I have or have seen before. Those are meant to attach directly to the parachutist and he lowers them on his lowering rope before landing. Where did you get those, do you remember? The marking looks like the CAL marking, somewhat.

[BurtonP]

It's a type of Griswold leg bag but not like I have or have seen before. Those are meant to attach directly to the parachutist and he lowers them on his lowering rope before landing. Where did you get those, do you remember? The marking looks like the CAL marking, somewhat.

I got them from a Canadian auction house Wards in Edmonton in 2021. Here is the original thread where I asked about them. They are dated 1945. https://www.milsurps.com/showthread.php?t=75767

[bigduke6]

Going by the pics in the book and Surpmil’s example, they are very crudely stitched ( by hand) to me that’s the sign of something disposable…..unlike the nicer examples that BP has.

[browningautorifle]

Going by the pics

the sign of something disposable

The originals I've seen look to be grey wool, like a doublt thickness or grey blanket. Very coarse overhand stitching too.