Die Decke- The Blanket-A Soldiers Home

[napesica]

Die Decke- The Blanket-A Soldiers Home

Thanks... thats a nice one Darek posted with huge stamps!

[napesica]

Die Decke- The Blanket-A Soldiers Home

Here's another example of the striped variety I came across today.

[corporalSteiner]

i like the grenade case under the table-unofficial drinks cabinet perhaps, adapt to survive...?

[Mauser98]

Blankets

Here is another new one, I can not prove it is a German WWII blanket, but bought it as such which of course means nothing ! M

It looks to be a U.S. M1904 /WW1 blanket

mauser98

[napesica]

Die Decke- The Blanket-A Soldiers Home

i like the grenade case under the table-unofficial drinks cabinet perhaps, adapt to survive...?

Possibly, but here is a little useful gem I discovered years ago......

[napesica]

Die Decke- The Blanket-A Soldiers Home

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[Calter]

I found other blanket- its look as italian ?..

[napesica]

Die Decke- The Blanket-A Soldiers Home

Hello , Do you have any close ups of the stripes? Thanks

[Wotan1912]

Like this thread.
Here is my small collection of "bedware". I collect only F.L. Uv. marked things.

[dragnet]

I really enjoyed this thread, very interesting!!

[napesica]

Die Decke- The Blanket-A Soldiers Home

Wotan,,,nice stuff ! Thanks !

Like this thread.
Here is my small collection of "bedware". I collect only F.L. Uv. marked things.

[Mike McLaughlin]

What are the tyypical sizes of original WW2 German Blankets?

Hi,

I've been scanning through this thread, but I can't see any sizes mentioned.
What are the tyypical sizes of original WW2 German Blankets please?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I may be able answer a question raised about the purpose of the stripes. I am a serving EMT in the UK, the hospital and the old red ambulance blankets have woven stripes to indicate the short edge of the blanket. This is useful when folding the blanket and in the multitude of other uses for blankets. One example is blanketing a stretcher where you need to know which is the short edge



I couldn't see an introductions thread, so please excuse me if it appears that I have just barged in.

Regards
Mike

[blackbird939]

ebay decke

Thoughts on this Decke? I bought it, but I can still say keep it and gimmie my money back.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dachbodenfun...vip=true&rt=nc



Michael

[Nachrichten]

always seems a soft spot in many collector's world for...blankets. the last one italian with star. are these legit ww2? i thought some were similar but post war prod. what was the significance of the star? v non star italian blanket? also, were the red army also issued with blankets, and if so were these put into service by heer troops too?

Really interesting thread.

I note that the question concerning the 'Star of Savoy' had not been clarified.

The 'Star' is the symbol of the post-unification Italian monarchy (hence the 'Star of Savoy' descriptive - the House of Savoy having become the ruling dynasty). It is only evident on Italian hardware manufactured pre- September 1943.

In my opinion, any Italian Army blanket bearing such a mark would be likely to be wartime issue (and potentialy likely to have been 'acquired' by German military personnel).

N

[ZAM]

I have 3 typical Red/Blue striped blankets, but also some unidentified, i will show them the next days, here are the first 2...

Cream colored with 3 stripes!? Wehrmacht?