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Swiss Infantry Pouch


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 the clothing and giving her the catalogs. She loved the clothes and as an artist she was drawn to the illustrations. She went on to study illustration at art college in BR's hometown of San Francisco and worked for years as a background artist for animation. She is now based in Oakland, CA as a graphic designer and illustrator with Secret Fan Base . She's been collecting and archiving at Abandoned Republic since 2011.

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