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Hello everyone!

Few days ago I was given a strange item, which looks like being a German one. It is a kind of pouch or rectangular stiff bag (ca 21 cm high and 10 cm wide), made of orange-brown leather with natural stitching and it is closed by a brass pin, similar to those met in holsters (for instance: Walther PPK holster). There is also a metal reinforcement in the upper part of interior. There are no markings on the leather.

At first I thought, it was a pre-war made magazine pouch for Maschinenpistole (MP 28 or later - MP 38/40), but the magazines are too high to be kept inside. There are some elements suggesting, it was used by Germans: the leather loops ideally fit the standard soldier's belt and there is also a D-ring on the backside, identical to those put together with Mauser 98k ammo pouches.

Does anybody know what kind of pouch it is or by which brand of service it could have been used? Thank you very much for help.

Here are a few photos of this item:

This is just a guess:

A case for:field engineer optics
A case for: range finder,altimeter
A case for: sights/optics for MG or rifle

Have seen similar cases used for these things.

Reminds me, I have a German-made leather olive drab/feldgruen
cartridge case/belt that is supposedly WKII issue. I need ID help on it--I need to get a photo of it on this forum.

The belt I have has these markings on the back:
(the rune for 7th WSS Prinz Eugen Division or the rune for "home"
followed by a rune appearing to be like a capital I with
top and bottom crosslines on right only, and slanted 45 degrees upward,
followed by a capital C and 68) The markings appear as if done with a fountain pen.

Landserstudent

Thanks for your reply,

Few days ago I've been told that it could be a pouch for MP-28's short magazines (20 rounds) manufactured in 30's. Unfortunatelly I have not any magazine like this to compare.