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My WWII Travel Bag - 85 Years Old and Counting

Reddit r/BuyItForLife·u/Cautious_Ticket_8943·6 months ago
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You want BiL? Well, this is my 85 year old British Mark VII gas mask bag, and it doesn't sit on a shelf. I travel everywhere with it. It's an original, though the ink stating "1941" has faded completely in the last twenty years.

I'm a big Indiana Jones fan and Indy carried it in all of his movies (despite taking place in the 1930s, before these bags were built), so I decided it was worth buying this old bag about 20 years ago on eBay. It came with the original cloth webbing strap, but decided to replace it with a replica Indy leather strap upon receipt. It's been with me to around 30 countries now. Currently, it resides with me in Cambodia, though we'll be moving to China soon.…

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