unknown american millitary item.... ???

olli · Post by **olli** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 11:04 am

hey, maybe one of you knows what this item is used for:

it is an oliv green bag to fold open to 2 sides, inside are 10 black cotton sheets ( size ~ 2,0 x 0,5 meters ) and also 60 nails ( ~ 20 cm. long ) to fix the sheets onto the ground...

the black sheets are marked "422" in white letters and inside the outer bag are some unreadable small red stamp-prints...

the man who showed this to me claims it to be genuine WWII and it is in very good condition, almost new... it looks and smells like american made... xDD

anyone knows what this is ????

sorry for not havin pics...

Stef · Post by **Stef** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 12:55 pm

Hi,
it sounds like ground/air signal panels, hmmm I've seen those somewhere on the Web but WHERE...

dirtbag · Post by **dirtbag** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 1:02 pm

Sounds like Panel markers..
http://butch1.bluscs.com/product/signal ... er-309.cfm

Post by **kman** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 1:11 pm

Based on what dirtbag said, I just found this:

http://www.armysurpluswarehouse.com/pro ... k-4282.cfm

The description says:

US Panel Marker, Aerial Liaison Black. New, Measures 12 ft long x 2 ft 4" wide. Has heavy-duty metal grommets around the marker along the sides. GI Issue heavy duty cotton frabric. Panel AL-122 printed on inside seam. Rectangular shaped.

Bypah · Post by **Bypah** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 2:18 pm

The new ones are orange in one side and kind of "pinkish" on the other....

Stef · Post by **Stef** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 3:37 am

The orange/pink square panels and the long black panels are different systems but I had both of them described in a USAF survival manual from the 40's.
(can't find it anymore!

)

olli · Post by **olli** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:45 am

thank you for the answers

i am goin to get pictures of it, so maybe it will be possible to date it by the red stamps...