Original Swedish WWII Armed Forces Chemical Institute Shoulder Bag - FKA Marked Display Guns & Parts Sets Rivet placement of the SSh-40

Rivet placement of the SSh-40 was due to a newly introduced liner

A little over a year after its introduction

though the wrapping is somewhat degraded

fitted with the Clasp to the Iron Cross 1939

with silver escutcheon and silver butt cap

Original Swedish WWII Armed Forces Chemical Institute Shoulder Bag - FKA Marked Display Guns & Parts Sets Rivet placement of the SSh-40Original 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