Yesterday I had studied the photos in Jim Pool’s book “Ration of the German Wehrmacht in World War II” about the German Front Line Infantry Assault Ration box, because I wanted to make this box for a long time and yesterday I did give myself the time to do so. First I had downloaded a PDF file[...]
Finally I finished a long laying project, the German "Waschmittel für Feinwäsche" box. The original box contains washing-powder (detergent) for Wool, Silk, spun rayon or mixed fabrics such as: stockings, fine underwear, Stockinet, monochrome or colorful textiles and garments, uniforms, washable gloves, etc...
As mentioned in my last posting I had purchased several items from Germany and one of the items was a cartboard box of Knäckebrot. Wasn’t that difficult to reproduce such a box and here is the result (original and reproduction). During the Second World War, four rectangular pieces of Knäckebrot (approximately 130 x 100 x 6 mm) were[...]
Tags: Bread, German, Knäckebrot, Ration
When my wife was portraying a WWII US Army Nurse back in 1997-1998 we had collected some medical stuff so she could make herself a medical display. Since then I have two small boxes in my possesion with 6 Iodine Swabs in it. These cardboard boxes for 6 Iodine Swabs consists of an inner tray[...]
Yes, finally I managed to correct my Artwork for the Dried EGGS Packet and did run some tests with different pieces of cardboard. Beginning this year I wrote an article about it. I did get my question answered afterwards, about what stood on top of the pack and now I can take this Dried EGGS Packet[...]
Tags: Dried EGGS, Packet
The Air Mail Letter Cards (AMLC) was a thin lightweight piece of foldable and gummed paper for writing a letter for transit via airmail, in which the letter and envelope are one and the same. Most postal administrations forbid enclosures in these light letters, which were usually sent abroad at a preferential rate. Printed warnings existed to say that an[...]
Tags: Air, British, Letter, Re-enactment, Repro, Reproduction, WWII
Busy making all kind of cigarettes boxes, I am also busy making the artwork for the “Wild Woodbine” cigarettes. W.D. & H.O. Wills introduced, in 1888, one of the most famous cigarette brands in the UK – “Wild Woodbines” – at a price of 5 for 1d. W.D. & H.O. Wills was a British tobacco importer[...]
Tags: British, Cigarettes, Paperwork, Repro, Reproduction, Tobacco, Wild, Woodbine, WWI, WWII
Sweet Caporal was one of the oldest names in cigarette brands, having been sold in the Canadian market for at least 125 years until they were discontinued in 2011. The brand was originally produced in the United States by the Kinney Bros. Tobacco Company, New York, beginning in 1878, and became very popular. Kinney Bros.,[...]
Yes,…!! Finally I managed to make good reproductions of the 3 Player’s Medium Cigarettes Boxes and the Capstan Cigarettes Box. As mentioned in an older article, I had bought three original Boxes of Player’s Medium Cigarettes with the meaning of reproducing them. These are three different boxes for resp. 5 Cigarettes, 10 Cigarettes and 20[...]
Last friday I finished one of the many projects I had started or wanted to do. This time it’a a reproduction of a German 1930’s Daimon Flashlicht Flat Battery (4,5V). This “Daimon Batterie” was meant for the civilian market, but was widely used by the Hitler Jugend aswell. This because on the back of it[...]
