Original German WWII Gebirgsjäger Mountain Trooper M31 Tornister Backpack - RB Number Marked U.S. Army the 1st Dublins left Gallipoli

the 1st Dublins left Gallipoli for Egypt with the rest of the 29th Division and the last remaining British troops left Gallipoli on 9 January

but it is most likely a recent replacement

squadron exchanged B-17Fs with the 97th Bombardment Group's B-17E aircraft

secure crossings at the Merderet River near laFiere and Chef-du-Pont

This place had been heavily shelled by our artillery

Original German WWII Gebirgsjäger Mountain Trooper M31 Tornister Backpack - RB Number Marked U.S. Army the 1st Dublins left GallipoliOriginal Item. Only One Available. This is a very nice service used example of the Large Model 1931 Tornister (Knapsack) Backpack, used by German Army Gebirgsjger Mountain Troopers. This is the back pack that the later M41 Tornister used by all Wehrmacht forces was based on, in a scaled down form. This pack is quite large, and it needed to be, as the mountain troopers operated away from the main supply lines, and the weather and conditions were far