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I found this on ebay. It is said to be found in a metal case in a bunker somewhere in Kurland, Latvia. Apparently it's quite rare. Does anyone know anything of this extraordinary clothing?
best regards/ daniel
best regards/ daniel
hmmm
It's unusual to say the least. Sort of a cross between the Werhrmacht and the Village people!.....perhaps there is a member of the group we haven't seen yet?
I would be a bit skeptical of this item. I cannot see reason enough to have made something like that. The open weave can be for one of two things, to keep cool or for camo. There was ample camo in the German armed forces and as for keeping cool, well you would still have to wear something under it so why not just wear a smock?
Always be wary of things found in cellars and barns etc, because 99.99% of them are bullshit!
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I would be a bit skeptical of this item. I cannot see reason enough to have made something like that. The open weave can be for one of two things, to keep cool or for camo. There was ample camo in the German armed forces and as for keeping cool, well you would still have to wear something under it so why not just wear a smock?
Always be wary of things found in cellars and barns etc, because 99.99% of them are bullshit!
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I would consider it phony.
Look at the wooden dowel-like thingamajig. The only time I have seen anything like this was on the old duffel coats of the Brits right after WW2. I do not think that such a closure was ever used by any German military equipment.
Could be wrong. Joscha
Look at the wooden dowel-like thingamajig. The only time I have seen anything like this was on the old duffel coats of the Brits right after WW2. I do not think that such a closure was ever used by any German military equipment.
Could be wrong. Joscha
a $499 US starting price!!!!
One day to go at time of this posting and no bids....not surprised really.
If it sells, I am going to cut up my Zeltbahn and make a few of my own, genuine of course, found in a shoebox under a wrecked U-boat in an Austrian lake beside some Nazi gold bars!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He gives some idea of it's authenticity in his description...'Not found in 100's of reference books'....of course not, Dumpkopf!!!!!!
Hey, I wonder if there is a market for splinter pattern ties?...genuine of course!
One day to go at time of this posting and no bids....not surprised really.
If it sells, I am going to cut up my Zeltbahn and make a few of my own, genuine of course, found in a shoebox under a wrecked U-boat in an Austrian lake beside some Nazi gold bars!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He gives some idea of it's authenticity in his description...'Not found in 100's of reference books'....of course not, Dumpkopf!!!!!!
Hey, I wonder if there is a market for splinter pattern ties?...genuine of course!
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Wooden toggles
The wooden toggles could easily have come from a standard issue Russian shelter quarter. These didn't change in design from the early 1930s until at least the fifties.
The toggles were only roughly standardised and varied according to manufacturer, much like most other other Russian kit of the period.
The toggles were only roughly standardised and varied according to manufacturer, much like most other other Russian kit of the period.
The excitement is in tents (pun intended) - visit http://www.zeltbahn.net and see.
German ID documents and related biographies at http://www.zeltbahn.net/wehrpass/
German ID documents and related biographies at http://www.zeltbahn.net/wehrpass/