Leather Equipment Y Straps.

very nice gulf ,now tell me are these refurbed german ww2 issue ,ive heard they were used in czech army

In all honesty dont know anything about them,picked them many years ago and they have only just re surfaced.

I thought to start with that one of the numbers was a WW2 German Rb Nr but more than likely a NATO Stock Number.

very nice all the same gulf ,im not sure on a warsaw pact country having a nato number though, is there a date stamp present ,mine was on the rear strap allthough mine are the canvas type

Those look like post-war Austrian Bundesheer y-straps.

i know what your getting at carl ,they are similar to austrian ,especially with the thicker shoulder pads but these are czech for sure ,the hooked buckles give the game away

Reiska wrote:Those look like post-war Austrian Bundesheer y-straps.

The Austrian ones are quite distinctive with their padded shoulder areas.

thunderchild wrote:very nice all the same gulf ,im not sure on a warsaw pact country having a nato number though, is there a date stamp present ,mine was on the rear strap allthough mine are the canvas type

Not too familiar with Czech items I must say and wonder if the 72 is the date?

Also came across an unissued German type Czech canvas back pack with the separate webbing Y straps(gets bad when my collecting is now so bad that Im finding stuff I never knew I had)

funny gulf ,i totally understand ,we must have amassed a huge stockpile of militaria between us ,this type sounds like the ones i bought for my czech display

Just this very minute found a few other Czech bits,some vinyl map case/documents case-unissued still with what looks like a paper instruction sheet inside.

Gulf,
the date is 1951. The date is after acceptance stamp (crossed swords). Czechoslovakia army made leather straps till early 50´s. Later than canvas. I have in my collection both dated 1952.

Thanks for the added info.