german blanket?

[besslein]

The blanket in question is not german. German ones are simple grey, with the stripes mentioned, but without those white stripes as shown here. And german blankets are at least marked in one corner, usually "H.U." and an eagle.

not always.I have one very late war,and this one is marked in left corner with factory code and 44,I post some photos later

[CWP]

Most German blankets that I have seen and owned are not marked. I have seen a lot of standard issue blankets but only seen photos of marked ones.

The cream colored blanket with one blue and one red stripe are only one pattern of blanket used by the Germans in WWII. As the wartime photo above shows, captured blankets from other countries were used (Italian in this case). In Hamburg there is a small museum housed in a former Luftschutz bunker. They have 3 original Wehrmacht blankets there- one is a light grayish green, one is a greyish blue, like a Luftwaffe color, and the other is a greenish grey. They also have some smaller tan blankets used by civilians in the shelter. I like blankets and have two of the standard cream colored one with the stripes. I also have a coarse gray blanket with blue stripes that came from a Wehrmacht barracks on the Eastern Front. And, I have a gray blanket with a Reichsarbeitsdienst property marking. I heard a true story about a US veteran who took a blanket from a Wehrmacht soldier because it was warmer than his US issue one. He swore that the blanket was purple.

If I have time later I will post photos of some of my blankets.

[von Olsson]

If I have time later I will post photos of some of my blankets.

Look forward to that!

[Glenn Barbaritz]

I also have the typical red/blue stripe deal but with no markings. I bought mine about 5 years ago right after I saw a great one in the Collectors Guild. it was also the same style but with the "moth proof" tag you once in a great while see. man, I waited a few days to think about and... gone! then I saw mine a few months later and said, "mine!" its nice but I sure wish I had the other one instead. Glenn

[Gran Sasso]

not always.

Of course not always - thats why I mentioned "usualy"...

[Gran Sasso]

I bought mine about 5 years ago right after I saw a great one in the Collectors Guild. it was also the same style but with the "moth proof" tag you once in a great while see. man, I waited a few days to think about and... gone! then I saw mine a few months later and said, "mine!" its nice but I sure wish I had the other one instead. Glenn

Hi Glenn, that was one of mine - I have just send him another one with the tag (and markings), will appear in his next update - so keep an eye for it!

[Glenn Barbaritz]

Hi Glenn, that was one of mine - I have just send him another one with the tag (and markings), will appear in his next update - so keep an eye for it!

cool. yeah, Ill keep an eye out for it. (along with everyone else now who is reading this! ) they are nice when they have that tag, you must have a few to be getting rid of another. Glenn

[Gran Sasso]

you must have a few to be getting rid of another. Glenn

Not really, but I find them from time to time on fleamarkets - most of the times they are not for sell, as the sellers use them as tablecloth, or to wrap furnitue into - so you have to be a bit tricky to get them, e.g. find them another one or so... And when I get asked what I need this old blanket for, I recall, I have just bought some furniture, and need some blankets to protect it, too.

[CWP]

Here are the 3 of my blankets. The first is the standard kind we have been discussing. I have two, both identical, the exact same color and weave.

[CWP]

Here is another Wehrmacht used blanket. A friend of mine bought it from www.ostfront.com years ago and I always wanted it. I finally got it this year. The dealer who runs that site bought this from a person who had taken it from a Wehrmacht barracks where it was abandoned after the war.

[CWP]

Here is my Reichsarbeitsdienst blanket. I started a thread on it when I got it: http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...dienst+blanket

[Glenn Barbaritz]

nice blankets Chris. Ostfront is a good site. lot of cool little accessories they have. Glenn

[olivier]

Hi Guys
I found this picture on the net, what do you think about this blanket?

best regards, olivier
some pictures of blanket

[Stinch]

Very interesting topic. I found this photograph on eBan:

[Stinch]

and the text on the back: