leather snail drum cover
 

any thoughts on the snail drum leather cover on ebay

Not original

Russ

US fantasy item.

Easy way to seperate a fool and his money...Jerry Burney

There is no documented evidence of a German soldier EVER having a leather drum pouch. They were made of canvas and carried upside down so the drum was easily removed. The leathers were made after the war.
Isn't that right Jerry :) :)

Steve

fyi,

1920's Police instruction manual. Illustration on how to carry trommel magazines.

http://forum.lugerforum.com/lfupload...el01_copy1.jpg

Actually they were carried attached to the belt horizontally. It does not make sense to have that damned thing swinging and banging around in a combat situation. The manuals' published illustrations are pretty typical of what a "rear echelon" would depict for convenience of illustrating use.