8cm Gr.W.34 Gebirgsjäger Ice Baseplate communication If you have a preference

If you have a preference for darker or lighter stockings

I actually found one of these in the pocket of an Ike jacket several years ago

It is unmarked and I am unsure of the metal content

I believe handmade

The buttons have some rust spots

8cm Gr.W.34 Gebirgsjäger Ice Baseplate communication If you have a preferenceOriginal and rare 8cm Gr. W. 34 mortar Gebirgsjger ice baseplate. It was intended to help fire the mortar from atop a glacier or ice sheet, but the ever clever Gebirgsjger found a way to pound it into notches in trees and rocks so they could direct fire the 8cm mortar. Wild. We did speak with a fallschirmjger vet that said they were issued an ice baseplate to jump with which the jger was expected to simply hold on to when he lept from the plane. This