8cm GrW34 Mortar Baseplate Carrying Pad

Original 8cm GrW34 mortar baseplate carrying pad.  It is in pretty good condition. The only real flaw is that the two carrying straps were repaired using post war webbing. They reused the original German hardware so there is still potential to make it right again with some German webbing (this width of webbing is not too difficult to find). The makers code and waffen amt have been dyed over to cover them, that is what the purple looking patch is on the one shoulder strap.  The canvas is faded and dirty but in decent condition overall.

These carriers received a lot of abuse and it is pretty amazing any still exist. This came from a small discovery of Eastern Block military storage. After the war, many countries in the east gathered up German equipment and stored it in case of another conflict. When the carriers from this small find are gone, there probably will not be anymore found. This is a good carrier, most of the ones discovered are so patched up with post war materials that they they could never be made right again.