Original Swedish WWII Armed Forces Chemical Institute Shoulder Bag - FKA Marked Hand Select:No with an olive green cotton

with an olive green cotton lining

liberated some 30

On early examples the scabbard shell surface was factory blackened using a metal bluing process

The aircraft was relied upon to defend against the numerous and varied German aircraft operated by the Luftwaffe

Original Swedish WWII Armed Forces Chemical Institute Shoulder Bag - FKA Marked Hand Select:No with an olive green cottonOriginal Items. These are very nice substantial grey canvas and leather constructed shoulder bags measuring approximately 12"H x 14"W x 3", which look to have been made to carry documents and possibly equipment. They are marked under the top flap with a Swedish CROWN FKA, for the Swedish Armed Forces Chemical Institute (Frsvarsvsendets kemiska anstalt or FKA). This organization was a government agency created in 1937 and located in Ursvik, Sundbyberg