OTHER MILITARY GOODS

What we have here is (1) 26 foot hank of Dupont nylon braided cord. It's light weight, strong and durable. It's quick drying and will not rot or mildew. Need more? How about, 1000 LB test. Often called parachute cord, but don't use it for that. Ideal for camping, boating, crabbing, clothes lines, halyard lines, garden lines. That's a lot of uses. 

Your Renault need a tow? Véhicule est mort? Hook 'em up with this 4.6-meter (15-foot) x 1-3/4” wide canvas tow strap from the French military. Has a 6-1/2” loop at one end and a big honking hook that locks at the other.

Wrap this digital camo cloth tape around your camera, rifle stock, spotting scope, lunch box, selfie stick or brother-in-law and make them all disappear in the woods. Our each is a roll of 2” wide x 33 feet of “Easy-Peel” tape.

Blank dog tags, ready to punch. Each set measures 2" x 1-1/8" x 1/32" thick in matte stainless steel with (2) ball chains, one 24" long and one 4-1/2" long. You get (2) sets of (2) tags, with (4) chains altogether. Made in the USA.

When a country cares about food, it shows. This cruet and decanter set is from the Italian Air Force. The stainless steel stand stands 10” tall with a pair of (5)-oz oil and vinegar cruets, plus salt and pepper shakers. The wine carafe (!) holds (33) oz, enough for a liter of your house Dolcetto. The steel holder and the carafe both carry small and lightly etched Italian Air Force logos, which feature a crown floating above the head of a left-facing eagle astride a propeller. Needless to say, the logo is molto cool.

Our Czech dark brown leather handcuff pouch is used but in good condition, and handsome as all get-out. Measures 4-1/2” x 3-1/2" x 1-1/4" with a loop for attaching it to your belt. Not into cuffs? You can store lots of other things in it, too. Just do the math to make sure your things will fit.

This never-used 100% cotton French CCE F1 Field Camo hat is perfect for a small head, size 57. Marked “Tissage Mouline Thillot 1995” inside, which makes it new old stock, in great condition. Soft, crushable and lined, with a nice short bill. Sort of reminds us of those little hats cyclists wear, like in the Tour de France.

Couldn’t tell you, but it’s what soldiers put in this bandolier from the Chinese military. Measures 27” long x approx 5” high with (10) ammunition pockets at 1” x 4-1/2” (think Snickers bar size) with flaps closed by frog-like catches with wooden pegs. Includes adjustable 38” shoulder straps, too.

German safety goggles. Good for “sonne, winde und staub,” they say, and by staub they mean dust. These are gray rubber with a little, tinted sun visor that snaps on or off, an adjustable elastic strap and removable clear lenses. Lightly used, although if the thin foam padding around the eyes is deteriorated, it’s easily removed. Measure approx 8" x 4".

What’s brown and Swedish? Yes, meatballs. But also this (20)-oz glass medicine bottle with a finished ceramic stopper with handle. Bottle measures 7” tall overall, approx 5” tall to the shoulders, and 3-1/2" wide x 2-3/4" deep. Like new condition. Very elegant and old world, like Sweden.

These just in, special for military strap aficionados. Right angle olive-drab canvas strap. The wide part measures 17" x 2" and is sewn onto  a U-shaped steel clip with a 13-1/2" long x 1" strap mounted at right angles to it. Both straps have steel ends with (2) 3/16" holes. Quite useful for something, we're sure.

Our used, green aluminum Czech military canteen includes a leather strap “bra” and a cloth holder/sheeth to keep it cool. Measures 9” x 5” x 2-1/2” and will probably have a plastic screw-on cap but might have a cork stopper instead. Like war, it’s unpredictable, and like your fourth-grade teacher used to say, you get what you get without throwing a fit. Now, go outside and play army.

This is one of those we don't know much about folks. It's a German made fireman's helmet with 1/2 face shield and adjustable head band. We believe its made of polycarbonate. It actually glows in the dark and has a reflective triangle thingie on the top. These are used but in great shape. Only a small quantity available. If you know more, please do tell. 

You will survive, too, just like Gloria Gaynor, and in the woods, even. But only if you have this U.S. Army manual, cleverly titled: SURVIVAL, Department of the Army Field Manual FM21-76. It's 287 heavily illustrated pages of techniques for staying alive (add your own BeeGee jokes here) including orientation, food & cooking, fire- and shelter-making, rafts, animal, insect and plant recognition, and much more. This is the 1970 edition, but staying alive in the woods hasn't changed a whole lot since then. In soft-cover.