
Gym bag, surplus, gently used, and apparently from the Italian army. The bag, a squared-off duffle, is olive drab nylon, 11" wide x 14" tall x 22" long, with zippered 10" x 11" pockets on both ends and a flat bottom. Has (2) 9-inch canvas handles and a small "Esercito" ("Army" in Italiano) logo on one side. Might benefit from a little time freshening up in the Tuscan sun but your sun, or a quick spritz of fabric freshener, will work just fine.
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39244 ITALO BAG |
Nylon scabbards or sheaths for large knives or small swords. They are medium brown nylon with black trim, open at the top and rounded to a tapered tip at the bottom. At the top end, each has a metal belt hanger of the sort one uses to attach things to those wide webbing belts with a zillion holes. They measure 18" long x 2-1/4" wide.
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26919 SCABBARD, 18" |
It's a weird-looking, never-used, military-surplus tool bag. The 11-1/4" long x 6" dia green-canvas bag has a leather handle on the closed end, and a leather strap that tightens around and closes the open end, leaving an orifice on one side. Our best guess: It holds a spool of wire or cable for easy unwinding. (Second best: If your army rides on ponies, it's a potential feedbag.) As with much military surplus, a few hours in the sun will improve it.
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35692 SPOOL BAG |
This 16mm projector is chunky and heavy and big (57 lbs, about 16" x 12" x14" high OA) and shows some wear, but we fired the sucker up, and it worked like a charm! It's AV equipment from the U.S. Army Signal Corps, works on standard 120VAC household current, and has all the normal parts and pieces, including -- but not limited to -- an amplifier, take-up reel, 14-ft power cable, and well-used canvas cover. It also has the only three-pronged plug we ever saw that has a spring-loaded, fold-back ground so it will fit an ungrounded outlet. If you were an AV wonk in school, you'll love it!
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35690 US ARMY PROJECTOR Note: This item is not eligible for Expedited Shipping or delivery to Alaska, Hawaii, or the Territories. |
Except this one's a lot newer, and from a former Soviet bloc country that no longer exists, which is why we have it. But it's your basic mobile military lamp, in this case made for filling teeth in the field, but perfectly usable for any outdoor surgery, or for bunker-themed decorating. Stands on a 26" wide (at the feet) x 5-feet tall steel tripod with a 39" boom. Has an 8-foot-plus power cord with a Euro plug, a 7-1/2" x 4-1/4" x 2-1/2" power transformer box hanging off the boom, a 5-1/2" x 11-1/2" reflector/lamp housing with a 24V 150W halogen bulb (plus a spare), and a 34-foot power jumper with alligator clips for battery operation. The whole MASH-worthy magilla comes in a 27-1/2" x 14-1/2" x 11-1/2" reinforced wooden carrying case with handles and hasps. Will also take commercially available halogen bulbs.
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37831 FIELD MEDICAL LAMP |
Search for zlotys on the beach, or just be the first militaria collector on your block with a USSR-era Polish army surplus mine detector. (That's a Polski armia nadwy?ka möj wykrywacz, we think.) Comes complete with (8) feet of pipe (in 2-foot sections) for getting farther from the mines, a 5-foot cord on the headphones, a log-book, a canvas carrying pouch, and a small box wrench. The downside? It's battery operated (and may even come with one or two dead ones) but not by batteries in any size we recognize, so making it operable could be a challenge.
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37923 MINE DETECTOR |
Direct from the French army, these giant steel tent stakes are scary big. They're T-bars approx 2 feet long x 1-5/8", tapered at one end. A pair of 7/8" dia rods extends 2-3/4" from each side near the top. Large enough for circus tents, or driving through the heart of a really large robotic vampire.
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39506 FRENCH TENT STAKES |
Just like Ike used. The original WWII-to-1967 U.S. Army EE8 Field Telephone (second issue, in an olive drab canvas case). Used surplus. It should still be operational, but, of course, there are no guarantees. It uses a pair of standard "D" batteries, not included, and weighs approx 10 lbs, private. Case is 9-1/2" x 8" x 3" with an adjustable strap and external crank to make its matching phone or a switchboard ring. Handset is the nostalgic Bakelite standard from WWII-era home phones, with a 70" cord. Should work with regular speaker wire. (And as a no-outgoing-calls extension at home.) Lots of specs and instructions on the web.
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39510 FIELD PHONE |
You'll need this NATO gas mask, M51 model, in an olive drab canvas bag. Lightly used surplus, it includes a definitely-not-guaranteed cartridge filter. Adjustable mask is medium olive drab/brown. The cartridge screws directly into it below the nose, so it's the symmetrical, alien-look, type. Carrying bag measures approx 12" long x 5" x 5" plus shoulder strap and ring clips. Great for Halloween.
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39507 M51 GAS MASK |
New surplus from the other side of the Rhine. Nice dark-olive-drab plastic case, 8-1/2" x 8" x 4-1/2" with a slip-on lid on a removable canvas strap. Inside is a pair of 1-liter bottles, 7" tall x 3-1/2" square, with screw caps that have white nylon brushes on 4" long shafts inside. If you're not into military decontamination, it's ideal for traveling sign-painters.
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39504 DECONTAMINATION KIT |
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