Original Item: Only One Available. The prototype of the then modern "cube" was a satchel wz. 1925, used by the Polish Army since the mid 1920s. It was the first military backpack made in Poland and was based on the German Reichswehr backpacks of the First World War .

Soon after the wz. 25 knapsack began to be equipped, improvement designs started. The most important aspect of these packs was the durability of the material used and not the type of material used. The work resulted in the introduction of the backpack model 1927, and ultimately an improved version, the wz. 1933 which was now made of canvas instead of denim. The military planned to equip the entire army in this new version, but the German invasion of Poland in 1939 caused production to halt. All three types were then used by the military and partisans alike for the duration of the war.

This WZ 33 is in good shape overall without any serious damage we can see. All bucks and straps appear to be present and in working order. There are a few small field repairs. On the inside flap, Polish markings are visible in black ink. They show manufacturers information as well as inspection marks. We cannot make out any of the numbers, so we are unsure of when the bag was manufactured.

This is a wonderful example of an extremely hard to find knapsack of the Polish military. Comes ready to display!

Pre WWII Poland

The history of interwar Poland comprises the period from the revival of the independent Polish state in 1918, until the Invasion of Poland from the West by NSDAP Germany in 1939 at the onset of World War II, followed by the Soviet Union from the East two weeks later. The two decades of Poland's sovereignty between the world wars are known as the Interbellum.
 

Poland re-emerged in November 1918 after more than a century of partitions by Austria-Hungary, the German, and the Russian Empires. Its independence was confirmed by the victorious powers through the Treaty of Versailles of June 1919, and most of the territory won in a series of border wars fought from 1918 to 1921. Poland's frontiers were settled in 1922 and internationally recognized in 1923. The Polish political scene was democratic but chaotic until Józef Piłsudski (1867–1935) seized power in May 1926 and democracy ended. The policy of agrarianism led to the redistribution of lands to peasants and the country achieved significant economic growth between 1921 and 1939. A third of the population consisted of minorities—Ukrainians, Jews, Belarusians, Lithuanians and Germans.