Wanted: Original WW2 Bell Tent

[derk derin]

Dean,
I have a WWII sandbag in my collection.I can't believe they would stamp every sandbag with a date and maker unless this bag was for some other use?Anybody know if this in fact a sandbag or was it used for maybe bulk food or?
Derk.

[r.morrison]

If your looking for sand bags, I have somewhere between 75 to 100 burlap bags (new). Can't remember the size, nor, am I an expert in anyway shape or form on WW11 sandbags. But as most members will agree, you work with what you have.
I used to have them on the windshield of my jeep, which looked really authentic. My 2 cents.....Robert

[maple_leaf_eh]

Last year I did a roadtrip to Eccles Hill and stopped at Dunham, Quebec SE of Montreal on the road to Eccles Hill. The local Home Hardware store has a garden centre AND a large surplus store in the back. The area seems to have many working farms and woodlots, where I would expect to find deer and turkey hunters. I was looking for jeep accessories and period appropriate stuff. They had metal jerry cans in the back tin shed, and a lot of pre-modular tent poles and hardware. I recognized some marquis tent poles in the barrels of bits and pieces. A roadtrip is required

[charlie fitton]

...most certainly - I'd be up for a set of marquis poles and ropes ( never enough rope...)