ITALIAN CAMO COMBAT CAP

WWII GERMAN ITALIAN CAMO CAMO COMBAT M40 FILED CAP.

ITALIAN CAMO NOTE:

Following the capitulation and disarmament of most of the Italian armed forces in 1943, stocks of Italian material were used by Germany to meet the increased demand for equipment in the face of the slowly deteriorating wartime economy. The German armed forces not only issued already existing stocks of Italian shelter halves, they used the Italian camouflage material to make a wide variety of uniforms and field gear items. Many of these uniform items were tailor made or theater made including jackets, trousers, comb suits and caps. The material was also used to make some standard issue items such as M31 zeltbahns and fur lined anoraks which were typically made out of mouse grey material. An important thing to note is that items made using Italian camo material were used by all branches of the German armed forces serving in the Italian theater of operations Heer, SS, Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine.