ORIG. WWII U.S. WEB BELT, PISTOL M36 & ADDT'L ORIG. & REPRO WWII ITEMS PREOWNED!

Description

OPERATION OVERLORD... D-DAY THE INVASION OF GERMAN OCCUPIED FRANCE BEGAN IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF 6 JUNE 1944 WITH U.S. ARMY AIRBORNE TROOPS FROM THE 82ND & 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISIONS LANDING ON FRENCH SOIL... FOLLOWED BY U.S. & ALLIED TROOPS LANDING ON THE FIVE (5) NORMANDY BEACHES
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ORIGINAL
WWII U.S. WEB BELT, PISTOL M-1936 & ADDTIONAL
ORIGINAL
&
REPRODUCTION
WWII ITEMS IN PREOWNED CONDITION!
EQUIPMENT SET INCLUDES:
ORIGINAL
CANTEEN & CUP
(BOTH G.P. & F.C.O. 1945)
WITH
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COVER (COLLETTE MFG. CO. 1943)
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NOTE: THIS CANTEEN COVER DOES SHOW
DISTINCT SIGNS OF FADING, STAINS AND WEAR!
ORIGINAL
BAUER BROS. SHOE CO. FIRST AID PACKET WITH CARLISLE     BANDAGE (PACKED IN ORIGINAL WWII TIN STAMPED CONTAINER)
ORIGINAL
SUSPENDERS M-1936 (UNREADABLE MANUFACTURER - DATED 1942) & PISTOL BELT M-1936 (R.M. CO. 1942)
ALSO INCLUDES:
REPRODUCTION
WHARTON MFG. CO. 1943 CALIBER .45 THOMPSON FIVE MAG POUCH (U.S. ARMY FORCES ON D-DAY USED A THREE MAG POUCH)
ATTACHED TO THE
ORIGINAL
WWII M-1936 SUSPENDERS
REPRODUCTION
COMPASS PACK WITH COMPASS (ENGINEER DIRECTIONAL COMPASS) - ATTACHED TO THE ORIGINAL WEB BELT
REPRODUCTION
WWII HOLSTER,
PISTOL, CAL. .45 M-1916
REPRODUCTION
AVERY 1943 PISTOL POCKET, MAGAZINE M-1918 CALIBER .45 (ATTACHED TO THE M-1936 WEB BELT)
PLEASE NOTE: THE CLOTHING STAND, U.S. ARMY PARATROOPER M-42 JUMP UNIFORM JACKET (WITH A VARIETY OF ITEMS EITHER IN THE JACKET POCKET OR ATTACHED TO THE LANYARD FROM THE EPAULETE), OR THE M-2 "D" LOOP HELMET ARE NOT INCLUDED WITH THE WEB GEAR CONFIGURED FOR THIS SALE
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HISTORICAL NOTE:
The M-1936 belt, webbed gear, and suspenders formed the basic support system for every soldier in the U.S. Army and all of the Marines during WWII.
Every soldier or Marine had web gear, in the form of cartridge and pistol belts, suspenders, bags, pouches and packs.
Prior to World War II all U.S. web gear issued to Army units was in Olive Drab #3, commonly but unofficially referred to as "khaki". Although today, WWII equipment is occasionally referred to by some collectors or re-enactors as being a tan/sand color, Olive Drab #9 only appeared during World War I. This tan/sand color (again Not the current Olive Drab #3) was used not only for webbing, but for uniforms, tents, truck tarps and other miscellaneous equipment. There were many exceptions, of course, in the vast array of Army procurement, but generally the color during WWI was a tan/sand color.
This pre-World War II equipment was still in inventory when World War II started for the United States in December 1941 and it continued to be produced in some form until at least 1943. U.S. Army inventory had examples of the web gear
with date stamps in the 1940s that appeared to be more of a tan color. But a new color was introduced at the start of World War II: Olive Drab #3, the light greenish shade of the basic U.S. Army web gear. In 1943 the color was again changed and all new equipment was introduced, as well as clothing, in the darker shade known as Olive Drab #7.
The U.S. military was very slow and uneven in the introduction of these color changes and the equipment updates that accompanied these changes. Late in World War II it was possible to find groups of U.S. Army troops equipped with all of the new gear in OD #7, with other soldiers from the same unit being in the older OD #3 gear... and other random examples of troops with mixed gear which was probably a result of wartime supply irregularities. Manufacturing was also uneven with supplies of old fabrics being used before new available fabric was utilized. In some cases transitional items can still be found with multiple colors of fabric used on the same gear. It is important to remember that this was wartime production, and there was little concern about color matching of equipment or uniforms.
PLEASE NOTE: THE CLOTHING STAND, U.S. ARMY PARATROOPER M-42 JUMP UNIFORM JACKET (WITH A VARIETY OF ITEMS EITHER IN THE JACKET POCKET OR ATTACHED TO THE LANYARD FROM THE EPAULETE), OR THE M-2 "D" LOOP HELMET ARE NOT INCLUDED WITH THE WEB GEAR CONFIGURED FOR THIS SALE
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