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Swiss Infantry Pouch

October 4, 2020 By In Surplus No Comments


This item was not in the catalogue, so I couldn’t resist trying my hand at making artwork and copy for it.

UPDATE: I did find what is probably our pouch in the Winter 1984 catalogue after all, labeled “Swedish Belt Pouch”. I’m not 100% sure it’s the same. It looks mostly right, but the markings on the pouch are Swiss (Swiss cross, and it says OLTEN, which is a town in Switzerland).

This interesting piece of True Surplus came up on eBay in September 2020. It’s marking indicate it is Swiss military surplus, probably a cartridge pouch.

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Robyn Adams
Robyn’s fascination with Banana Republic began in 1984 when her Alaskan adventurer father began buying their clothing and giving her their catalogs. She loved the clothes, and as an artist, she was drawn to the illustrations. Robyn went on to study illustration at an art college in Banana Republic’s hometown of San Francisco, CA, and she worked for years as a background artist for animation. She is now based in Oakland, CA and works as a graphic designer and illustrator. She has been collecting and archiving at Abandoned Republic since 2011.