Repro Rations I made

[CharleyNovember]

So I wasn't able to attend the Chicago game...yeah sucks but I did have some time to make some repro rations.
Knackebrot: Cracker Bread (I used Wasa brand cracker bread)
Frucht Stange "Schokolade Stuck": Fruit Bar (I used a south beach chocolate diet bar because I am diabetic)
Rinderbraten: tin of roast beef. I think the can is too big but not by much.
Fleischconserven: Preserved Meat (I used Underwoods Deviled Ham)
* Not pictured ~ A packet of Ersatz Kaffee

The bar is not wrapped as well as I would like but not bad. I tried that on my own and cannot wrap things right to save my life. My wife helped with the Knackebrot package and it looks alot better. I tinted the labels for the cans a grey blue color. I don't know that that is 100% correct but hope someone can tell me what color it should be. You can also see on the lables that I had some bleed through when I glued the lables on the cans. I should point out that I got the information to do these and the basic labels to tweak from another website: www.wiking.org/

Well let me know what you think and where maybe I could improve on this area.

[2nd Bat]

Great touch and nicely done. Sorry you couldn't make the Chicago game. I have a feeling it's going to be a good one.

[binarypunisher]

Those look good! One of the guys I play with made quite a few rations for the Long Winter game, definately gave it a nice touch.

Takes awhile though

[Russian]

The labels on the cans are pretty close, if not perfect. A little less glue, I'd use the roll on elmers variety for most of my paperwork, and paper cement the sides to keep them down. Usualy works perfectly, with little to no bleed through.

[CharleyNovember]

Thanks for the comments and suggestions guys. I plan on doing some other repro stuff as I have time to fill my pockets and bags with. I ate my rations to commeserate missing the April event. It looked great and I made them just to eat at this evet to stay all in charecter and stuff.

[jugendkrieger]

If any of you guys would like the files to make more rations let me know, the wikings ones are OK looking but they are just fantasy items so you dont walk on the field with spagetti-o's here are some ive made that i copied directly off of originals

i14.photobucket.com/albums/a348/jugendkrieger/IMG_0048.jpg?t=1176729071

i14.photobucket.com/albums/a348/jugendkrieger/IMG_0042.jpg?t=1176729096

Pop me an email if you wish [e-mail]

[CharleyNovember]

Their labels compared to the originals at www.ostfront.com looks pretty spot on

Mine that I made are pretty much just to keep from having a modern label on my cans...I can't seem to find to many actual war time representations of german labels alot of reproductions but without the actual labels people could sell anything.

[jugendkrieger]

www.ostfront.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=GOPI-00466-03&Category_Code=Ration_Related are you refering to these ?

If so then please be aware that those are the shipping box labels for a box of 50 cans. not the labels on the cans.. the cans would be plain low grade steel that has been either clear laquered or painted to prevent rust in poor weather conditions. I might be a little biased due to the fact that I collect originals. they are OK (read:not spagetti-o's) but are by no means "Spot-on"

[jugendkrieger]

here, try this..

some of my own

www.panzergrenadier.net/coppermine/albums/userpics/10045/Eckstein1.pdf
*Print on HEAVY white carstock*
*insert 20 unfiltered cigarettes*

www.panzergrenadier.net/coppermine/albums/userpics/10045/Henko%20Soda.pdf
*Print on off white paper.. like resume paper and make in to an envelope*
*this is for cleaning your messkit so fill it with comet powdered cleaner*

www.panzergrenadier.net/coppermine/albums/userpics/10045/Tea.pdf
*Off white paper, make into an envelope*
*Insert 2 tea bags, or for the purist instant powdered tea *

www.panzergrenadier.net/coppermine/albums/userpics/10045/candy%20ration.pdf
*Print on THIN white paper make into an envelope*
*Insert pepermint hard candy*

www.panzergrenadier.net/coppermine/albums/userpics/10045/Citrus_Drops_%28Luft%29.pdf
*print on thin light blue paper, make into an envelope*
*Altoids citrus sours, or for the purist go to a cnady store and fins lemon drops*

www.panzergrenadier.net/coppermine/albums/userpics/10045/untitled.JPG
***How to make the envelopes***

and...

Solid info on originals

www.dererstezug.com/PrintableLabels.htm

www.dererstezug.com/IronRation.htm

www.dererstezug.com/germanration.htm

www.dererstezug.com/MakingDauerbrotRations.htm

[CharleyNovember]

Yep I realized those were shipping box labels...At any rate thanks for the extra info that will really help. Thanks alot.