H007495 M35 MAP/DISPATCH CASE. (Meldekartentasche M35)

BACKGROUND: Map/dispatch cases were issued on a limited basis to specifically designated personnel such as unit commanders, messengers, and observers. The M35 map/dispatch case was based on the Weimar era, Reichsheer pattern map/dispatch case with minor variations. The M35 map/dispatch case underwent a front closure modification in mid 1936, and an additional small front pocket was added in 1938, although the early pattern cases continued to be manufactured through out the war. The M35 map/dispatch cases were issued with assorted map reading tools, instruments and accessories. Of Note: Luftwaffe personnel initially utilized brown leather accoutrements but during the war the leather items were generally blackened. Also Of Note: As with other armed forces the Germans had a KuVA, Kriegskarten und Vermessungswesen Abteilung, (War Maps and Surveying Department), under command of the OKH, Oberkommando des Heeres, (High Command of the Army), and the OKW Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, (High Command of the Armed Forces). The war maps and surveying department was responsible for all army issue maps and worked in conjunction with the German Reichsamt für Landesaufnahme, (National Land Survey Office). Regulations dictated that army issue maps were exclusively for use of army personnel and that any reproduction or improper usage were punishable offences. German army maps were generally named and numbered and were issued as required. The Luftwaffe also utilized maps produced by the KuVa.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Brown, pebbled leather construction, map/dispatch case with steel fittings. The case is roughly, 28cm tall, and 19cm wide, and 5cm thick, with folding, accordion, expanding side panels. The case has a fold over top closure flap with a thumb release closure with it’s latch panel being marked “"Brev. SGDG." which is French for "Breveté Sans Garantie Du Gouvernement" or “"Patented without government warranty" and “Foreign Pats”. The front of the case features a vertical ruler pocket to the left side, seven central, vertical pencil holders and a small vertical pocket to the right side. Included is a pencil eraser and three pencils. Embossed under the flap is “RBNr. 0/0250/0692". Ink stampings with the previous owners name is visible, as well as the handwritten last name. 

GRADE ****                             PRICE $175.00

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