KimHansen Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 Hi Need some expertise from you. Bought some surplus stuff and found some old backpacks. Many of them seem to be of British origin. They are stamped 1940 and 1941. The CF stamp is Danish for sure (Civil Forsvaret). Got some 40-50 pcs. Are they worth anything and when/where were this kind of backpacks in use (before they ended in a Danish warehouse). Thanks Kim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 Not much in value. These are common items and for a collector the CF stamp reduces value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woa2 Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 They are the standard British 08 pattern large pack which also formed part of the later 37 pattern webbing set for WW2. I have to agree with Enigma on the CF marking reducing their value. Try bringing them to Beltring in July. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimHansen Posted March 2, 2009 Author Share Posted March 2, 2009 Well – obviously I wont be a millionaire this time. But I’m glad for your answers anyway. A friend of mine mentioned a price around 10£ for each one in a good condition here in Denmark. How does that sound? Should I aim higher :-) ? .... or lower :-( Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willyslancs Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 (edited) just asked my father , he reckons £10 is right mate...............(he used to have a militaria shop for years , reckons you should get that for them ) Edited March 2, 2009 by Willyslancs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEnfield Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 If you are coming to beltring with them, I'll have a couple off you at that price........... Cheers. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashley Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 At one of the Dallas digouts, i paid £5.00 for the large pack and £3.00 for the small pack and i am sure that at Beltring you may still get them for this price with a bit of searching :-D Ashley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimHansen Posted March 3, 2009 Author Share Posted March 3, 2009 Thanks everyone. Cant make Beltring this year, sorry. Normandy is possible, working on it. But you are welcome any time if you for some reason should visit Denmark :-) Found a different type op backpack and I would like to hear your opinion on that. It’s a little bigger and stiffer. Same kind of stamp found in them – the arrow and year of make. Looking forward to hear from you. Thanks again best regards Kim and back side .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REME 245 Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 It may be the pack which takes two vickers machine gun boxes. Is there a internal divider in the pack? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woa2 Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 There looks like a reference number on the flap. Can you tell me what it is, please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlienFTM Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 In the 60s - 70s we could buy these brand new and cheap as chips and everybody used them for school bags. Heavily customised to display one's football team, favourite band, etc of course. Best one I remember was a friend who painted the entire flap with an iconic black / white (as opposed to black and white, i.e. shades of grey) picture of Hendrix. His haversack was army khaki: most people had RAF crab. What a wonderful time. Then Adidas brought out their iconic bag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimHansen Posted March 4, 2009 Author Share Posted March 4, 2009 Again, thanks all. many of them are WW2 without any doubts, but for what purpose where they produced?. And – no divider inside any of them. - what price would you consider as fair ? Here are some more pics: Looking forward to further comments from you Best regards Kim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 In the 60s - 70s we could buy these brand new and cheap as chips and everybody used them for school bags. True........in over 40 years of my working life, I think every one of my lunch bags was WW2 surplus :-D. First one was the army gasmask bag, present one a small pack, funny how the vacuum flask and lunch box fitted so neatly in to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woa2 Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 I can tell that the packs with padding are nothing to do with Radio or Telephone equipment. Sorry, not much help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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