need help identifying this zelt

[camo master]

Fellow collectors.

Below is a pic I just picked up. Can any of you shed light on the identity of the solid zelt on the right.

Any help greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Mark

[camo master]

.......Anyone..............any ideas on the identity of this solid zelt.

There must be someone out there that knows what this is??????

Thanks
Mark

[Johnny R]

I would put this in the gear section. Given they are GJ it may be Austrian or enemy captured.

[Daniel.S]

Check out the condition of the bergmutze there, not much of the leather band around it left

Also appears to have a metal eagle

[coco bandy]

Maybe it's an Italian one, they don't have any camo on one side
And the construction is also like one of those.

[camo master]

Maybe it's an Italian one, they don't have any camo on one side
And the construction is also like one of those.

I thought so at first as well - at first glance the head flap looks like an Italian zelt but when looked at closely its not the same - too many buttons.

Also the Italian zelt has a totally different corner layout - this corner looks more like a Swiss zelt corner but the Swiss ones didnt have this head flap layout.

Perplexing

[Christian_GJR3]

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@ D.Sagatowski

I think that the eagle is an early bevo T. Great picture btw.

[afrikasandman]

Ok I think you guys are going way too deep here, obviously the first is a splinter zelt and the other looks to be a real early heer one. Now I know who outbid me

[camo master]

Ok I think you guys are going way too deep here, obviously the first is a splinter zelt and the other looks to be a real early heer one. Now I know who outbid me

thanks - Did the early Heer zelts have a head hole covering like this. All samples I've seen are without it.

[cqb45]

To be perfectly honest I don't give a ### about the zelt,but the picture is ABSOLUTELY GREAT......thank you for sharing it Mark!
Cheers
Chris

[Vincent S.]

I don't think this Zelt is early Heer, although it might be after all.

Given the provided scan, I presume the Zelt to be grey-brownish in colour, especially when compared to the base colour of the Splittertarn Zelt on the left. This rules out a few options, but also leads us to possibilities such as captured Russian, Belgian, Dutch, UK or CZ stock. Given the looks of it, I think we can rule out the Zelt as being ex-Belgian army, but my knowledge on these garments is too limited to be of much help here. A wild guess would lead me to the Eastern-European armies. The square shape is a bit reminiscent of Russian Zelt's, but still different.

Interesting question and topic for sure.
Hope that someone can shed some light on this small puzzling question soon.


Regards,
Vincent S.