How Soldaten Would Carry Zeltbahns

The way a soldaten would carry his equipment while not in use would vary. It could be carried using D rings, an A-frame, with a field pack or for mounted troops (with use of a bicycle transportation were carried by the handle bars).

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“Several variants of Zeltplföcken 1929 can be seen underneath a carrying bag (mainly used during WWI, sometimes used within cavalry during WWII). From left to right, pegs are made of aluminium, bare steel, grey painted steel and Bakelite. All of them retained their original string.”

By Jean-Philippe Borg

-Zeitbahn rolled in a U shape around the Soldaten backpacks. (1943)

Bicycle troops have the zeltbahn strapped to the handle bars. (France, 1943)-