WW2 GERMAN Y STRAPS DATED 1942  MAKER MARKED DNQ 42

This is a German blackened leather construction combat pattern 42 Y-strap (Koppeltraggestell mit Hilfstragereimen).

WW2 German Army Y straps dated 1942 and in good used condition.  The Y straps have all buckles and hooks present and has supple leather.

The leather has a black finish to the top and a nice brown leather finish to the other side of the straps with the makers mark and dated dnq.42 on the inside of one of the straps.

Received from the Royal Winnipeg Rifles Museum, Canada, this was from a set of German field gear with 8 pieces hanging from the belt and y-strap . We have now separated everything from the German field gear grouping to sell it separately.  This Y-strap is one piece of the group of 8.   

The museum was selling off some of there museum’s items, to make room for more.  The museum called it deaccessioning surplus museum artifacts.

The SS soldier who owned these pieces during WWII was SS Gunner, Waske. 

The museum numbers their items for inventory purposes and you will see that there is a very small white numbered sticker on this item put there by the museum.  They are very easy to remove.