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<blockquote data-quote="coolhandluke" data-source="post: 2823916" data-attributes="member: 13284"><p>Made a couple more additions to the collection over the Thanksgiving Holiday and I'm finally getting around to posting them.</p><p></p><p></p><p>First off is a USMC mosquito net cover. I scored this cover out of a bin of mosquito net covers in surplus shop on a recent trip to Billings, MT. USMC mosquito net covers typically aren't anything highly sought after since they were made by the truckloads and can still be purchased for less than $20 on eBay (versions with OD green solid foliage bands). Most of these covers with the solid OD bands were likely produced very late or post-WWII and saw use post-WWII through Vietnam. However, this version, with the split khaki foliage band is rare as it is the earliest variant that saw use during WWII on Tarawa and Iwo Jima. I can honestly count on one hand the number of examples that I have seen online and I've never encountered another one of these covers in person.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s725.photobucket.com/user/coolhandluke7/media/DSC_2097%20E_zpsxurlphzu.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i725.photobucket.com_albums_ww260_coolhandluke7_DSC_2097_20E_zpsxurlphzu.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p></p><p>Here's a shot of the more common cover with the solid OD band...</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s725.photobucket.com/user/coolhandluke7/media/USMCHelmetM1CamouflageMosquitoNet-WW2e_zpss7lqow8o.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i725.photobucket.com_albums_ww260_coolhandluke7_USMCHelmetM1Ca17c630d25d94312ebdc0730597896b0a.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And another shot of this cover in use on Tarawa...</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s725.photobucket.com/user/coolhandluke7/media/post-3226-1271467586_zpsscgcmivm.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i725.photobucket.com_albums_ww260_coolhandluke7_post_3226_1271467586_zpsscgcmivm.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="coolhandluke, post: 2823916, member: 13284"] Made a couple more additions to the collection over the Thanksgiving Holiday and I'm finally getting around to posting them. First off is a USMC mosquito net cover. I scored this cover out of a bin of mosquito net covers in surplus shop on a recent trip to Billings, MT. USMC mosquito net covers typically aren't anything highly sought after since they were made by the truckloads and can still be purchased for less than $20 on eBay (versions with OD green solid foliage bands). Most of these covers with the solid OD bands were likely produced very late or post-WWII and saw use post-WWII through Vietnam. However, this version, with the split khaki foliage band is rare as it is the earliest variant that saw use during WWII on Tarawa and Iwo Jima. I can honestly count on one hand the number of examples that I have seen online and I've never encountered another one of these covers in person. [URL=http://s725.photobucket.com/user/coolhandluke7/media/DSC_2097%20E_zpsxurlphzu.jpg.html][IMG]https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i725.photobucket.com_albums_ww260_coolhandluke7_DSC_2097_20E_zpsxurlphzu.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Here's a shot of the more common cover with the solid OD band... [URL=http://s725.photobucket.com/user/coolhandluke7/media/USMCHelmetM1CamouflageMosquitoNet-WW2e_zpss7lqow8o.jpg.html][IMG]https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i725.photobucket.com_albums_ww260_coolhandluke7_USMCHelmetM1Ca17c630d25d94312ebdc0730597896b0a.jpg[/IMG][/URL] And another shot of this cover in use on Tarawa... [URL=http://s725.photobucket.com/user/coolhandluke7/media/post-3226-1271467586_zpsscgcmivm.jpg.html][IMG]https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i725.photobucket.com_albums_ww260_coolhandluke7_post_3226_1271467586_zpsscgcmivm.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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