Original German Post WWII West German Rucksack - Bundeswehr Madsen LMG and a more robust pommel

and a more robust pommel cap

The blade's reverse ricasso is maker marked E

and is marked UNION ARMS CO

when the men of the U

Original German Post WWII West German Rucksack - Bundeswehr Madsen LMG and a more robust pommelOriginal Items: Very Few Available. West German rearmament began in the decades after World War II. Fears of another rise of German militarism caused the new military to operate within an alliance framework, under NATO command. The events led to the establishment of the Bundeswehr, the West German military, in 1955. The name Bundeswehr was a compromise choice suggested by former general Hasso von Manteuffel to distinguish the new forces from the