Militaria collecting

The intention of this page is to give an impression of the evolution from traditional soldier and equipment into the modern armies and soldiers of today. The weaponry and gear of the german soldier evolved from the early era of nationalsozialism to the end of the war. Inventions trough experience and lack of resources took the german soldier from the prussian traditions into the modern soldier of today in a few, but horrible years. The sections will try to be as chronological as possible showing this evolution and may give the fellow collector some hints and history on the way. This page was intended to be an offline personal site serving as a personal notebook and reference. As it might help other collectors it was made online.

This site is under construction and expands continiously.

Latest Updates:

19.11.2024 Section about einmann Schlauchtboot in luftwaffe added

18.11.2024 A section about the Felbluse model 44 added

15.11.2024 Updated the latest item section (2nd model flightsuit)

14.11.2024 Added some about schwimmweste in the LW section

23.10.2024 Added a small section about the luftwaffe mechanics

22.08.2024 Artillery rucksack added in the rucksack page

21.08.2024 The M31 kochgeschirr section has been added

20.08.2024 The M34/39 Tornister section has been updated

09.08.2024 New fieldgear layout underway

26.05.2024 Section about the Y-straps koppeltragestell added.

04.04.2024 Updated brotbeutel with more pictures/information

19.02.2024 Section about brotbeutel updated with more items/pictures

22.01.2024 Section about m31 brotbeutel added

14.01.2024 Section about M31 canteen updated

29.12.2023 Section regarding 6x30 binoculars added

12.12.2023 Section about m31 canteen added

22.11.2023 M44 rucksack section added

04.10.2023 Zeltbahn and tent accessories section added

12.09.2023 Small section about verbandkasten added