Gardist, A very nice rig . A couple of thoughts on the comments presented. There is agreement on the LAGASA types of markings being from a collective. And as George stated makers could be larger or much smaller. The word I was looking for was the German word we interpret as a �cottage industry� which could even possibly be a one or two man shop. Such as someone who perhaps normally repaired saddles and harnesses, having some hand tools to cut the leather (or fabric), and a sewing machine.
They did not make the materials used which came from: machine shops, metal stampers, leather processors, chemicals (for leather finishes) and the fabric mills which had the necessary very large machines to process the plant fibers and make them into finished webbing rolls. Really a discussion by itself. But those who physically assembled the frogs were really only the last step in a long production process.
I also agree that the blue frogs were probably not made for a long time. I probably should have documented it at the time. But my best recollection is that the first blue frog I posted came from a U.S. veteran who lived in Texas who had been in North Africa. With very likely most of the frogs going to the U.K., one of the ANZAC nations, the U.S. etc. I also think that some blue web gear was seen in Italy, but I�m not a uniform specialist, and am open to their input. My point being that the reason a lot of items are not normally seen in Europe or Germany is that (as was stated) they were not used there. And as a limited issue item there are going to be scarce or very scarce. Because as we know only a relatively small percentage of the total number of items made have survived over the intervening years.
Using an earlier image, how about some �kit� frogs using not green, but different colored backs?
. A couple of thoughts on the comments presented. There is agreement on the LAGASA types of markings being from a collective. And as George stated makers could be larger or much smaller. The word I was looking for was the German word we interpret as a �cottage industry� which could even possibly be a one or two man shop. Such as someone who perhaps normally repaired saddles and harnesses, having some hand tools to cut the leather (or fabric), and a sewing machine.
