Every soldier was provided with the
following tent equipment:
1 Tent rope 92 (Zeltleine 92)
1 Tent pole 01 (Zeltstock 01)
2 Tent stakes 29 (Zeltpflöcke 29)
These accessories were sometimes
carried in a tent accessories pouch (Zeltzubehörtasche)
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Tent rope 92 (Zeltleine 92)
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The tent rope is a 2 metres long rope, made
of hemp.
The rope is aprox 4 mm thick and has a loop of
aprox. 4 cm at both ends.
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Tent pole 01 (Zeltstock 01)
The wooden tent pole has a length of
37 cm.
It is reinforced with blued steel on both ends.
To use it for a tent, the poles could
be fitted into eachother.
A total of 4 poles is needed to make a pole of aprox 1,35 metres.
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Tent pin 29 (Zeltpflock 29)
The tent pin has a length of 26 cm
and is made of aluminium (early ones) or light weight steel (mid war).
Measured with the hemp rope loop it has a total length of 37 cm
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On the left the maker mark and date of the
Aluminium pin is shown
FEF 37
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Left, the maker mark and date is shown.
C & C.W. 42
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Below a wooden and steel variation of
the tent pin is shown.
The total length is 26 cm.
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On the left a side view of the tent pin
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Below the
Pressed wood version of the
tent pin
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Left: This example shows the date 40
On the other side the maker mark can be found, but
on this example was no longer readable
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Tent accessories pouch (Zeltzubehörtasche)
Sometimes the tent accessories were
carried in a pouch, but often the tent pole and pins
were rolled into the shelter quarter.
Below an example of a tent
accessories pouch with the typical 3-holed buttons
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