This has been in the family for a while , I've had it about 12 years . It was my grandfathers , he served in North Africa and Italy . He worked in the Como section for the 85th Infantry Division 5th Army . He told me about assisting in capturing a German that was hiding in a basement . I think it is a German map case , it looks like the ones in the 1/35th kits . I just thought someone here can confirm it as original . So this case could have come from that encounter .


Front view

With the flap open

Top view into the pockets

Back view, the belt loops have seen better days

Cloes up of the pencil holders

The side view , sorry for the blur .

there are others more knowledgeable then me out there TT but it looks like a german map case to me.

A nice piece to have especially with it's family history.

Carlton,

My expertise is Third Reich combat helmets but I am also exposed to a lot of other German militaria in the pursuit of my beloved combat helmets and I would say what you have there is a genuine WW II German map case. Congratulations.

Cody