My Paratrooper Collection

[Jasiwasi]

Baret (old model)

Baret NCO

Baret officer

Jumphelmet (plastic)

Jumphelmet (steel)

1 of 5 of my FDUs, this one has sewn on shoulderboards from a Leutnant

Jumpsweater

Underliner for Winter "Discoanzug")

Raincoat / Regenjacke "Raschelparka"

Battlevest (1 from 5, this one is made in 1986)


FJT-74 (lower one is from 1978)

Knife collection (without bajonets)

Radio R-126

MSP K-12/A

bits and pieces

Streetmap on silk scarf, don`t nknow is this for military use or not?

Jumpboots old/middle/new model

[ehrentitle]

Jasiwasi welcome to the WAF DDR forum. That's a great NVA Paratrooper collection!

Your profile says you are located in the former DDR. Did you serve in the NVA?

In the photo with the knives there are two that I don't recognize. They are the top one and the third from the top (above the KM66). Do you have any information on them?

Kevin

[Jasiwasi]

Originally Posted by ehrentitle

Did you serve in the NVA?

No i don`t but my father and uncle served in the "Wachregiment Feliks Dzierzynski" until the End.

in the photo from the knives that one above the KM66 is also a KM66 but with a repaired grip (DDR made) and the other one ist a selfmade Kappmesser (i don`t know the word in english ).

Here are some other pieces from my collection:

these are modified braces for quick detach, the pads are from the RPG-backpack

my bajonets


here you see DDR made carbiner`s, jump bandage and cool-battery (for extra water worn in the FJT - pic below)


And here you see some Souvenir from the Paratroopers

[Felix]

Interesting items.
Any berets?

//Felix

[Reibert-Austria]

Please, post images of the knife with for rivets in the hilt !

Thx. in advance,

R.

[ehrentitle]

Great stuff. I'd never seen the containers to cary extra water in the FJT. I'll have to add that to my list of NVA FJB items to find. Do you also collect NVA Paratrooper dress uniforms, badges, orange berets, etc? Or just field uniforms and equipment?

[Jasiwasi]

Originally Posted by ehrentitle

Great stuff. I'd never seen the containers to cary extra water in the FJT. I'll have to add that to my list of NVA FJB items to find. Do you also collect NVA Paratrooper dress uniforms, badges, orange berets, etc? Or just field uniforms and equipment?

You will find these containers sometimes on ebaY-Germany, search for "Eis-Akku" or "Kühltasche" / "Kühlakku". Until now i only collect field-gear, maybe in future dress uniforms.

Originally Posted by Felix

Any berets?

in the first post.

Originally Posted by Reibert-Austria

Please, post images of the knife with for rivets in the hilt !

Thx. in advance,

R.

[uscob]

Originally Posted by ehrentitle

Great stuff. I'd never seen the containers to cary extra water in the FJT. I'll have to add that to my list of NVA FJB items to find. Do you also collect NVA Paratrooper dress uniforms, badges, orange berets, etc? Or just field uniforms and equipment?

The containers are normal Civy Coolant Containers to find on the open Market.
Hard to open as the Plug is glued in and maybe not the best Idea to use it for Drinking Water. I don't want to know what nasty stuff they used for the Fluid.

[Jasiwasi]

They was sold empty - without cooling-fluid (cooling fluid was/is water). So its the same taste from a Feldflasche.

[Ralph P]

Jasiwasi - Thanks again for your newest thread and I am glad that you have taken the moment to let us know what your collecting interests are.

[Willi Z.]

Great items!

[vacollector]

Wow.

[uscob]

Originally Posted by Jasiwasi

They was sold empty - without cooling-fluid (cooling fluid was/is water). So its the same taste from a Feldflasche.

The problem with these things is, they don't contain only water. Some had Salt Water and some a Chemical Solution as they get colder than 0 Degree to cool stuff. Normally they go down to -10-15 C to work.