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Type IIa and Type
IIIa
Shelter Halfs
Shelter half,
66 inches long by 63 inches wide, 8 oz. cotton drill, each half
has 23 hand worked button holes and 8 grommets worked in heavy
waxed linen thread. Genuine hemp guy rope and tent pin loops. Real
bone buttons. Shelter half weighs only 1.5 lbs. and takes up
very little room in your knapsack. Drill shelter halves were
issued from 1862 to 1864. They were made in either 2 or 3
sections, the 3 section half being more common as cotton drill
was normally woven in 28 1/2 widths. The two piece half is also
correct and two exist in private collections. See page 124 The
Federal Civil War Shelter Tent by Frederick C. Gaede.
For a more detailed description please click on the image of the
shelter.
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3
piece construction $95.00
Priority mail $9.00 |
2 piece construction $85.00
Priority mail $9.00 |
(For more detail click on
image)
Illustration
shows two halves buttoned together making a complete tent.
It takes two
halves to make a tent!
Gift Certificates
Available |
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(For more detail click on
image)Kit contains: One half, completely sewn together, with locations
for buttons and button holes marked and grommet holes punched, 23
bone buttons, 8 strands of heavy waxed linen thread for grommets,
genuine hemp guy rope and 2 hemp tent pin loops.
Early war 2 piece, 8
oz. drill shelter half $55.00
Priority mail $9.00
Early war 3 piece, 8
oz. drill shelter half $65.00
Priority mail
$9.00
Gift
Certificates Available |
Shelter Half Kit
This kit is
intended for those who desire to make their own button holes and
grommets. The half is completely sewn together and needs only the
button holes and grommets to complete. One button hole and one
grommet will be already completed to show how they should look.
(For more detail click on
image)
Recommend you know how to do hand worked button holes before
purchasing this kit.
NO RETURNS ON KITS.
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