Scoutcar1943 Posted March 17, 2014 Share #1 Posted March 17, 2014 Dear all, Last week I saw this first aid pouch for sale. The manufacturer is AIRTRESS MIDLAND from 1942. I have never seen a pouch from Airtress Midland from 1942 untill last week. The combination of this manufacturer and year isn't also on the list that's available on this forum. Note that it also has a different LTD fastener. Is it a original pouch or a modified one? Could somebody tell me some more about it? Thanks in advance! William Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pep Posted March 18, 2014 Share #2 Posted March 18, 2014 Dear all, Last week I saw this first aid pouch for sale. The manufacturer is AIRTRESS MIDLAND from 1942. I have never seen a pouch from Airtress Midland from 1942 untill last week. The combination of this manufacturer and year isn't also on the list that's available on this forum. Note that it also has a different LTD fastener. Is it a original pouch or a modified one? Could somebody tell me some more about it? Thanks in advance! William Snap a pic of the other side of the LTD if you get a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoutcar1943 Posted March 18, 2014 Author Share #3 Posted March 18, 2014 Here's a pic of the back plate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pep Posted March 18, 2014 Share #4 Posted March 18, 2014 Here's a pic of the back plate Interesting. I did not expect that. I am not the expert on LTD's but this one just looks incorrect. I have M24's from 1940 to 1942. They have different LTD's compared to this one. Maybe, if we are lucky, one of the other forum members can shed some light on this LTD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccyooper Posted March 18, 2014 Share #5 Posted March 18, 2014 I could not find it in a quick search but there is a thread on here somewhere that goes into pretty good detail on LTD's and when they suspect they were used. That is an odd one. The pouch appears to be period but I am not familiar with that snap. By the way I like your avatar. CC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fausto Posted March 19, 2014 Share #6 Posted March 19, 2014 Hi William, nice and interesting pouch there... As you said the Airtress Midland 1942 first aid pouch is a new entry not seen on the usual lists of manufacturers / years... As for the fastener the closest I could find is the early "Pull Here" of British manufacture. They are seen on the early British Made FA pouches (and .45 mag pouches), before they turned to the more familiar round brass blackened button. Obviuously your pouch is a fully US made, so also the fastener should be US, but I have never seen one like that... Here some pictures of a British Made M.E.C° 1943 with "Pull Here" fastener and an Airtress Midland 1944 with an usual unmarked "dot" fastener... Fausto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fausto Posted March 19, 2014 Share #7 Posted March 19, 2014 the Airtress Midland 1944 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fausto Posted March 19, 2014 Share #8 Posted March 19, 2014 And here a better view of the British made "Pull Here" fasteners, fitted on a .45 magazine pouch... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoutcar1943 Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share #9 Posted March 22, 2014 Thanks all for you help! So it's still quite a mysterious example. I will keep you posted if I know some more about it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luc Posted September 24, 2022 Share #10 Posted September 24, 2022 An old post from 2014 back to top. I have found another Airtress Midland from 1942, it was sold by a French militaria dealer. Same markings on the back only 1942 more faded. The LTD fastener is "normal" with this one in the inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L11-VELASCO Posted October 4, 2022 Share #11 Posted October 4, 2022 Please Is this mine another airtress Midland first aid kit??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L11-VELASCO Posted October 7, 2022 Share #12 Posted October 7, 2022 Just received my pouch and I wonder what about the snaps fasteners that it has... TRW DOT... have someone any with these??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luc Posted October 8, 2022 Share #13 Posted October 8, 2022 It's a rare pouch you have, almost no reference material available to compare. I have not seen those markings on the back of the lift the dot fastener on a first aid pouch. A quick search on the internet and I only found this on a forum of MG cars. www.mgexp.com/forum/mgb-and-gt-forum.1/lift-the-dot-fastener-help-please.3329789/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L11-VELASCO Posted October 8, 2022 Share #14 Posted October 8, 2022 3 hours ago, Luc said: It's a rare pouch you have, almost no reference material available to compare. I have not seen those markings on the back of the lift the dot fastener on a first aid pouch. A quick search on the internet and I only found this on a forum of MG cars. www.mgexp.com/forum/mgb-and-gt-forum.1/lift-the-dot-fastener-help-please.3329789/ And then any idea about what happens here because the aid pouch AIRTRESS MIDLAND 1942 is period but no idea about the fastener why this strange or never seen fastener is there?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luc Posted October 8, 2022 Share #15 Posted October 8, 2022 I really don't know, maybe done at the factory, maybe a repair after the war. If I find another pouch with that fastener one, I'll post them on the forum. But it's still a very rare pouch you have........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L11-VELASCO Posted October 8, 2022 Share #16 Posted October 8, 2022 4 minutes ago, Luc said: I really don't know, maybe done at the factory, maybe a repair after the war. If I find another pouch with that fastener one, I'll post them on the forum. But it's still a very rare pouch you have........... But strange snap does not mean that is a repro pouch??? Sorry but Im worried because I paid 50 EUR for the set I found this thread too, may be you that are English speaker could make me a brief what they are talking about because I don't understand so much... http://www.uscarbinecal30.com/forum/topic5086_post52718.html#52718 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luc Posted October 8, 2022 Share #17 Posted October 8, 2022 No, it's not a repro, it's a good one. By rare I mean not easy to find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luc Posted October 8, 2022 Share #18 Posted October 8, 2022 Thompson Products and Ramo-Wooldridge merged in October 1958 to form Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc., unofficially known as "TRW". Thompson Ramo Wooldridge officially became TRW Inc. in July 1965. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L11-VELASCO Posted October 8, 2022 Share #19 Posted October 8, 2022 9 minutes ago, Luc said: Thompson Products and Ramo-Wooldridge merged in October 1958 to form Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc., unofficially known as "TRW". Thompson Ramo Wooldridge officially became TRW Inc. in July 1965. And so what is suggested there that pouch would be 1965 made or what explanation should have all about it??? What strange things??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luc Posted October 8, 2022 Share #20 Posted October 8, 2022 The fastener on your pouch has been replaced. If I read correctly, TRW fastener came on the market around the year 1965. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L11-VELASCO Posted October 10, 2022 Share #21 Posted October 10, 2022 The fabric itself and the colour don't look repro to me, usually you can see the difference between original and even a good repro pretty easy and these pouches are too common and low-value to put in a lot of effort in aging them. It's 80 years old and it's easy to imagine the fastener at some time broke and was replaced... maybe by the surplus shop that most likely sold it onto the civilian market decades ago?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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