01-14-2009, 07:51 PM
I know why it is so hard to find German items here in Europe ..... them American soldiers took the half of the German Army home as souvenirs!!!
Near Camp Top Hat (Antwerp area), there used to be a big dump.
Even till recently, a lot of US items could be dug up (mess kits, dogtags, kitchen utensils, etc, etc).
In some old Belgian fortresses around Antwerp, people found stacks of US assault gas masks and German gas mask filters still sealed in their containers.
Erwin