Description
at Arlington National Cemetery
The bottom of the sugar bowl is marked with the logo of the Sèvres factory over an Iron Cross
secured by rivets and a long catch spring
The beige leather sweatband is still in very good shape
and retains a patent leather shin strap retained by gilded brass federal regulation general service buttons
Original U.S. WWII USMC 1944-Dated Reversible “Frogskin” Camouflage Shelter Half by Powers & Co. with Tent Pole and Eight Pegs Russian Maxim 1910 at Arlington National CemeteryOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very attractive original U. S. Marine Corps WWII reversible Frogskin camouflage shelter half manufactured by Powers & Co. in 1944. It retains vibrant camouflage colors, nearly all of its original buttons and grommets, the worn but still legible contractor label, an original 1944 dated collapsible tent pole, and eight tent pegs. A shelter half was one of the most basic and important pieces of a Marines field