{"id":10439,"date":"2020-10-04T16:42:39","date_gmt":"2020-10-04T16:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/?p=10439"},"modified":"2025-09-04T01:24:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T01:24:03","slug":"swiss-infantry-pouch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/swiss-infantry-pouch\/","title":{"rendered":"Swiss Infantry Pouch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"743\" src=\"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/SwissInfantryPouch-1024x743.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/SwissInfantryPouch-1024x743.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/SwissInfantryPouch-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/SwissInfantryPouch-768x557.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/SwissInfantryPouch-1140x827.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/SwissInfantryPouch-848x615.jpg 848w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/SwissInfantryPouch.jpg 1498w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>This item was not in the catalogue, so I couldn&#8217;t resist trying my hand at making artwork and copy for it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UPDATE: I did find what is probably our pouch in the Winter 1984 catalogue after all, labeled &#8220;Swedish Belt Pouch&#8221;. I&#8217;m not 100% sure it&#8217;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). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BRWinter1984007-1-1024x788.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BRWinter1984007-1-1024x788.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BRWinter1984007-1-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BRWinter1984007-1-768x591.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BRWinter1984007-1-1140x877.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BRWinter1984007-1-848x652.jpg 848w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BRWinter1984007-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This interesting piece of True Surplus came up on <a href=\"https:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/rover\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?ff3=4&amp;toolid=11800&amp;pub=5574962988&amp;campid=5336845797&amp;mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2FVintage-Banana-Republic-True-Military-Surplus-with-Tag-SUPER-RARE%2F264869917414\">eBay in September 2020<\/a>. It&#8217;s marking indicate it is Swiss military surplus, probably a cartridge pouch.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"591\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ammopouch-591x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ammopouch-591x1024.jpg 591w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ammopouch-173x300.jpg 173w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ammopouch-768x1330.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ammopouch.jpg 830w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"739\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ammopouch1-1-739x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ammopouch1-1-739x1024.jpg 739w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ammopouch1-1-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ammopouch1-1-768x1065.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ammopouch1-1-848x1176.jpg 848w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ammopouch1-1.jpg 1046w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 739px) 100vw, 739px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"789\" src=\"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ammopouch2-1024x789.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ammopouch2-1024x789.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ammopouch2-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ammopouch2-768x592.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ammopouch2-1140x879.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ammopouch2-848x654.jpg 848w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ammopouch2.jpg 1282w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"482\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ammopouch3-482x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ammopouch3-482x1024.jpg 482w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ammopouch3-141x300.jpg 141w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ammopouch3.jpg 654w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"906\" src=\"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ammopouch4-1024x906.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ammopouch4-1024x906.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ammopouch4-300x266.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ammopouch4-768x680.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ammopouch4-1140x1009.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ammopouch4-848x751.jpg 848w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ammopouch4.jpg 1298w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This item was not in the catalogue, so I couldn&#8217;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 &#8220;Swedish Belt Pouch&#8221;. I&#8217;m not 100% sure it&#8217;s the same. It looks mostly right, but the markings [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10440,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10439"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10439"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10671,"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10439\/revisions\/10671"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}