Tent Question

[jay1939]

I have tent questions regarding this tent [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] Is this a full size tent -as the opening looks like you will have to craw in it and the tent looks a lot like the British " Bell Tent" is it British surplus or Polish

[bolas]

I have no idea what is this ... for sure it is not the pre-war polish pattern.

[3mk]

Other reenactment groups are not the best thing to get reference from
they cant always use historicly accurate stuff and sometimes need to use things that people call farb.

[jay1939]

[3mk]

I did not call them farb at all,Every reenactment group has something thats not historicly accurate,To find information about tents used by the Polish army I suggest to buy a reference book and try looking there and not at other reenactment groups,Just because they are a reenactment group doesnt mean they have everything right.And farb is not a bad word at all and I didnt even call them that....

I wont post on this topic again as theres no point in starting a arguement

[jay1939]

Well, I sent an email to the group asking for information on the Tent btw Farb or Farbs is a word ued here in the west as a put down - used insted of : what a buch of retairds

[3mk]

Really?????I always thought it was a term used by reenactors for something thats not historyicly accurate,Sorry about the misunderstanding

[jay1939]

[bolas]

I propose to focus on the topic of discussion, without the unnecessary threads. You're asking about tents. Pre war polish soldiers to built tents were using their personal "zeltbahns" (sorry dont know the proper name).





Bigger ones were built mostly for regimental use. I think there were various types.

Sample:
[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]

[3mk]

Thank you for posting that Bolas,This would be a great idea to do at the reenactment!

[jay1939]

Well, this Quest for Information-is way of trend -- the query for information on the small tent. As the information on hand, at this time. Looks to be WW1 surplus? Information on the Zelt- the information has Ben posted priestly on the forum. The supplier here in the USA. [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] the Polish Zelt is the same as the Austrian Zelt at $149.95 ea. The cost of the Zelts to make the Tent - you can do the math! unless you make your own - not hard to do - Very Time Consuming as to make all the button holes and sew on all the buttons .A Real Labor of Love

[bolas]

Polish "zeltbahn" is similar to austo-hungarian WW1 model. Both patterns were in use, polish was developed in 1931. A copy offered by the Schipper is not really a lucky one, i would say that is closer to a "farb" then to replica.

[jay1939]

That is the reason, I come to the forum to ask questions -Here in the west, we do not have the information, to tell the good from the bad, only the information given by the seller to sale at high Price as all ways thanks for the help

[bolas]

Well i have nothing against Schipper - i use also P08 holster and M.1912 US Tunic and they are both looking to be a very good quality copies (i got original items to compare). But all "polish" section products of this Schipper is low quality. I have the impression that these products have been developed only on the basis of low quality photos from Internet without contact with original items. They look a bit similar, but when one look closer it appears that the copy is poor.