italian zeltbahn on the stand

[javi_e]

hello guys, i´m the new owner of this italian zeltbahn on the stand.
I was looking for italian camo and i have read this:

"Genuine wartime Zeltbahnen made of Italian material are triangular and have the same aluminium, Bakelite or steel buttons and metal grommets as their German counterparts, if any. Stamps and marks are often illegible and are frequently no more than an R.B. number and a year of manufacture."

"The basic 1929 camouflage design continued to be used by the Italian armed forces until the early 1990s. This has resulted in large quantities of surplus post-war poncho/tent sections being offered at militaria shows and on online auctions in recent years."

is it original war time? any experts?

[Lassi]

Hi I´m the seller of this zelt so please comment on it as I will not sell it as original ww2 if postwar

Thanks guys for helping us out
Cheers
Lars

[Gran Sasso]

"Genuine wartime Zeltbahnen made of Italian material are triangular and have the same aluminium, Bakelite or steel buttons and metal grommets as their German counterparts."

Incorrect - triangular zeltbahns of this material are wartime german (past 43).

The one shown here is wartime as well, but italian.

Postwar ital. camopattern looks like this:

[Raffaello Carola]

Hi,

sorry is postwar years 50' the italian WW2 era camo poncho-tent
don't have the metal grommets and the reverse is an dark green.
regards
Raffaello

[javi_e]

Excuse me Rafaello, are you saying that my zeltbahn is postwar?

Lassi: can you post some close-up pics from the grommets like rafaello shows?

[Raffaello Carola]

Excuse me Rafaello, are you saying that my zeltbahn is postwar?

Lassi: can you post some close-up pics from the grommets like rafaello shows?

Yes, the camo tent with metal grommets are postwar.

[Lassi]

[Raffaello Carola]

Lassi your zelt is OK! this is the link of an example of german production with italian
camouflage cloth with the metal grommets.


http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=235747

[javi_e]

Rafaello, the Lassis zelt is the same of above zelt, it is what i bought.I have buy it to Lassi.

So,...original? haha, or post war?

[Raffaello Carola]

Rafaello, the Lassis zelt is the same of above zelt, it is what i bought.I have buy it to Lassi.

So,...original? haha, or post war?

the Gran Sasso zelt colors years 50'...see the discussion

[javi_e]

ok ok, Yes the Gran sasso zelt is post war.

But i have posted and Lassi posted zelt are the same, so is it war time zelt italian made? it isn´t triangle.

perhaps we have had a mistake reading the lines of the posts.

[javi_e]

more opinions?