carbinekid Posted March 2, 2010 Share #1 Posted March 2, 2010 Hi guys, I'm wondering if any of you can post some pictures of a real WWII production leather CS-34 linemans pouch. I know that these pouches are still produced, or at least were up until recently. I've seen them with and without markings on the outside flap. I'm wondering what a true WWII produced piece looks like. Markings or no, etc. Thanks in advance, Kyle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bayonetman Posted March 3, 2010 Share #2 Posted March 3, 2010 This one was used by a local National Guardsman in Korea, but I believe it is WW2 production. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbinekid Posted March 3, 2010 Author Share #3 Posted March 3, 2010 The one I have looks just like that. The major question I have is the LTD snaps. When did that style with the very pronounced "LIFT THE DOT" marking first come into use? I son't ever recall seeing those on anything but postwar gear. Kyle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bayonetman Posted March 3, 2010 Share #4 Posted March 3, 2010 It is not impossible that this is later production in that the known use was in 1951, so it could have been made in the late 40s until 1950. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffeecup Posted March 3, 2010 Share #5 Posted March 3, 2010 The one I've got here on my desktop--supposedly WWII--is much the same as the one Bayonetman has posted. Mine has lighter leather forming the two pockets, and the LTD snaps are marked STAR * PULL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbinekid Posted March 3, 2010 Author Share #6 Posted March 3, 2010 I just spotted this one on ebay... kyle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffeecup Posted March 3, 2010 Share #7 Posted March 3, 2010 I just spotted this one on ebay...kyle The LTD snaps on this one are the same as mine. Much nicer condition than mine too . . . Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig_pickrall Posted March 3, 2010 Share #8 Posted March 3, 2010 http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/ind...9989&st=320 Follow the link and look at post # 326 & 327. By Vietnam those pouches were ink stamped on the back rather than being stamped into the leather on the front. I would be surprised if there was a new order for these pouches during the Korean War. I suspect there were plenty left over from WW2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbinekid Posted March 3, 2010 Author Share #9 Posted March 3, 2010 As also forgot to add that a my friends father was issued a CS-34 kit in the 90's when he went to Somalia and it looks just like mine and the first pouch posted, except his looks basically new. Confusing... Kyle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbinekid Posted March 3, 2010 Author Share #10 Posted March 3, 2010 I have to amend my last post, my friends Dad used the pouch in Somalia but, it was actually originally issued to him in 1967 when he was stationed in Germany, my bad. Kyle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffeecup Posted March 3, 2010 Share #11 Posted March 3, 2010 I have to amend my last post, my friends Dad used the pouch in Somalia but, it was actually originally issued to him in 1967 when he was stationed in Germany, my bad.Kyle I suspect there are lots of these still around from WWII. When things were warming up for what became the first Gulf War, one of my brothers was stationed in Germany. He somehow "acquired" a CS-34 including a pair of TL-13 pliers (not TL-13A) and a late-war TL-29. As best we could tell the kit was new . . . and he never did trade it to me. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurent M. Posted March 4, 2010 Share #12 Posted March 4, 2010 Hello Kyle, a french seller has been selling for the last few weeks a lot of those pouches complete with knife and pliers, no doubt they came out of french army storage but they are genuine WW2 US made. If you want to check, you can find him on ebay.fr and his name is j-gmilitary. He is selling the CS-34 leather model and the CS-35A waterproof web model. I have not been able to buy one up to now but will certainly do it soon. Hope this help, Laurent M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted March 4, 2010 Share #13 Posted March 4, 2010 Was the CS-35A Waterproof Model around in WW2???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurent M. Posted March 4, 2010 Share #14 Posted March 4, 2010 Was the CS-35A Waterproof Model around in WW2???? Hello Johan, I think so. Perhaps we will have to ask Robin for some help on this question...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbinekid Posted March 4, 2010 Author Share #15 Posted March 4, 2010 Here is one on ebay. The markings on the flap are interesting. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...e=STRK:MEWAX:IT Also below is a picture of an NOS pouch with a 1951 dated box. When zoomed in the snaps appear to show the pronounced "LIFT THE DOT" markings. Kyle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbinekid Posted April 5, 2010 Author Share #16 Posted April 5, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Posted April 11, 2010 Share #17 Posted April 11, 2010 http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/ind...9989&st=320 Follow the link and look at post # 326 & 327. By Vietnam those pouches were ink stamped on the back rather than being stamped into the leather on the front. I would be surprised if there was a new order for these pouches during the Korean War. I suspect there were plenty left over from WW2. Hello Craig, The historical images indicate that during WWII both variations of that pouch were manufactured: with smooth front flap (i.e. ink stamped back as you mentioned) and front flap stamped as can be seen in the images posted. The question is which type of stamping on front flap was applied during WWII - "Pouch, CS-34" or "Pouch, Type CS-34". Regards Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Posted April 11, 2010 Share #18 Posted April 11, 2010 When did that style with the very pronounced "LIFT THE DOT" marking first come into use? Before WWII. Craig posted pre-war ads and drawings of the LTDs stamped with "LIFT THE DOT". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bayonetman Posted April 24, 2010 Share #19 Posted April 24, 2010 Real? Fake? Marking left off in error? Commercial Item? The company still exists and makes lineman's products yet today, but as far as I know, not this pouch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbinekid Posted January 14, 2011 Author Share #20 Posted January 14, 2011 Here are some photos of one these pouches that was recovered along with a number of other relics from the Hurtgen Forest. So, the marking "POUCH, CS-34 SIGNAL CORPS U.S.A." was definitely WWII. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artu44 Posted January 15, 2011 Share #21 Posted January 15, 2011 The pic of that pouch without "type" disappeared so I can post mine. It's mint unissued but surely old cause verdigris broke LTDs. WWII era? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbinekid Posted January 15, 2011 Author Share #22 Posted January 15, 2011 Hmmm, this is interesting. A verified WWII example does not have the word "TYPE" and it lacks the gap between the word "POUCH" and "CS-34". I see that the pouch shown above has a gap between "POUCH" and "CS-34". My mint example fresh out the 1952 box has the word "TYPE". kyle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted January 16, 2011 Share #23 Posted January 16, 2011 Three variations from my collection. The mint pouches were obtained from shows, while the used example was given to me by a local who couldn't remember where he got it... Note the difference in markings and different types of LTD (large dimple and small dimple marked Lift The Dot and one marked Klikit Pull with a star) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted January 16, 2011 Share #24 Posted January 16, 2011 Three variations from my collection. The mint pouches were obtained from shows, while the used example was given to me by a local who couldn't remember where he got it... Top: Marked GRATON & KNIGHT, WORCESTER MASS with Signal Corps Acceptance Stamps Middle: Unmarked but not the marking on the LTD fasteners... Bottom: Unmarked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunbarrel Posted January 16, 2011 Share #25 Posted January 16, 2011 The pic of that pouch without "type" disappeared so I can post mine. It's mint unissued but surely old cause verdigris broke LTDs. WWII era? Wow. Great illustration of the effect of verdigris! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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