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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2015 18:06:40 GMT -5
Last Sunday Diana and I went antiquing in NW Wisconsin, a great day!. I found this field bag, I believe they were also called a Musset bag (correct me please), dated 1951, there was also a WW2 one just like it but was really beat up, and private Johnson had to write his name on it so I passed on that one.   Not a bad score for $8 cash money  PS |
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Post by zooke581 on May 30, 2015 19:23:54 GMT -5
Yeah but named ones are way cool.
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Post by Haines Garage on May 30, 2015 19:35:19 GMT -5
You got taken at $8.00 I can buy that re pop BS all day long for $3.50.
To show you what a nice guy I am I will give you a buck three eighty for it. I feel bad when a buddy of mine gets taken advantage of ...
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Post by Haines Garage on May 30, 2015 19:36:59 GMT -5
Yeah but named ones are way cool. I write my name in my underwear, does that make them more valuable? |
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Post by zooke581 on May 30, 2015 20:16:16 GMT -5
 Somehow a puke emoticon without puke doesn't seem to get it done. 
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Post by Haines Garage on May 30, 2015 20:21:28 GMT -5
Geez Eric Relax ......
I'll send you a pair if it will make you feel better.
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Post by zooke581 on May 30, 2015 20:41:03 GMT -5
You better not! Or...  |
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Post by Haines Garage on May 30, 2015 20:44:15 GMT -5
 Funny ain't it!!! The Captain is getting a Good one tonight!!!! He doesn't even know it yet.... Probably at Applebee's kissing ass to use the Free Wifi!!! 
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Post by jeffwho on May 31, 2015 6:18:46 GMT -5
I think that's the bottom half of the two-part M1945 pack system not widely used during WWII but issued more in the 50s with Korea. I think a lot of MV guys use them as toolbags since it has the handle on top, and it is possible to find them dated in the 40s as well. The top half looks more like a traditional pack. Somehow, and I've never had both halves together to play with, they are meant to be connected by using the canvas straps and buckles. $8 isn't bad if you have a use for it, but I'm with Zooke on this - named items are way cool to display, even more if you have a Division/Regt or other unit designation to get you spiraling down the rabbit hole searching for the guy's ASN, DOE and possibly hometown and hunt up living relatives. I've managed ONCE to do that - and though the family were content with the item being displayed in a museum, I still felt pretty proud that I'd done my part in attempting to rejoin an article to its original family. (This item was a WWI dogtag, a little easier than a canvas bag I'll admit). Not intentionally hijacking this thread, but here's another little story not about a man named Jed.
WAIT. I will start a new thread (Proof: Old dog, new trick) about the Museum since The Professor asked about it yesterday also.
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2015 7:55:33 GMT -5
Yeah but named ones are way cool. I write my name in my underwear, does that make them more valuable? Boy a Rainman here!, named and color coded, yellow in front, and brown in back! . I will return to the thrift shop for the 1945 Peterson bag!.  |
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2015 13:09:33 GMT -5
I've got one of those bags, too, lee. I think it has that waterproofing interior fabric, too. I used it to store my modern tools inside while out driving my jeep. But then detard gave me a really hNdy dandy tool roll that keeps me organized. Now, I wonder what happened to my lower pack bag. Hmmmmm.....
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Post by jeffwho on May 31, 2015 17:50:15 GMT -5
It's a rubberised canvas I think, not sure - NO I did not nick it.
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