Original German WWII Zeltbahn Tent Quarter & Poncho in Splinter Pattern Reversible Camouflage - Not Marked

Original Item: Only One Available. The German Zeltbahn or Army Tent Quarter was a multi-purpose piece of German army regulation equipment that was issued to Wehrmacht soldiers during WWII. This piece of camouflaged material could be combined with three other to make a proper tent, or other quantities to construct shelters of various sizes, it was also used for camouflage, as a poncho or even a stretcher.

The Zeltbahn 31 was developed in 1931 and found its origin in the square Reichswehr tent. It was made of a water repellent material called Makostoff and is imprinted with a camouflage pattern which is also known as Army Splinter Pattern (Heeres Splitter Muster 31), another phrase used was: Buntfarbenaufdruck (colourful print).

This example is in heavily service-used condition, and looks to have seen moderate use during the war, with some dark stains and even some tearing and holes in areas. There are also no repairs or other signs of post war use that we often see, so this looks to have been put away after the war, and saw no further service. There is heavy wear and some tearing across the zeltbahn with one particular spot having several holes centralized to a small area. There is some oxidation across all of the buttons. It has a great "been there" look, as it would have looked during WWII.

Most of these that we receive have seen use and cleaning, which unfortunately removes any maker markings they had. This example has no marking we can see. The zeltbahn doesn’t look to be missing any buttons but there may be a couple loose. 

A great example, ready for further research and display.