Item 2016.248 - Soviet Army Plashch-Palatka Cape and Tent

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2016.248

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Soviet Army Plashch-Palatka Cape and Tent

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  • undated [1960-1991] (Creation)

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Westminster Menswear Archive

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Dark olive green cotton canvas square 170cm x 170cm with attachments to enable it to be used for multiple purposes - cape or poncho, tent, ground cover, or for carrying. It has brown leather eyelets sewn around holes on each of the four corners, channels for rope or cord to be threaded through, four black plastic toggles down one edge, an opening which can be fastened closed with a toggle, and buttonholes down two edges. The makers label is printed in black ink near one corner in Cyrillic text.
Country of Design: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
Country of Manufacture: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
Keywords: Military uniform, combat uniform, rain protection, weather protection

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      Cotton
      Colour/Print: Dark olive green
      Details: Toggles, rope

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      Invisible Men exhibition label:

      PLASHCH-PALATKA CAPE
      Maker unknown
      1960-1991

      Constructed from a canvas square measuring 170cm x 170cm, the plashch-palatka or rain cape, can be transformed into a cape, poncho, tent, or ground cover. It was issued to soldiers of the Red Army – later known as the Soviet Army – from the late 1930s and was considered an indispensable piece of kit during the Second World War.

      Cotton
      Archive no. 2016.248

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      Invisible Men exhibition label:

      PLASHCH-PALATKA CAPE
      Maker unknown
      1960-1991

      Constructed from a canvas square measuring 170cm x 170cm, the plashch-palatka or rain cape, can be transformed into a cape, poncho, tent, or ground cover. It was issued to soldiers of the Red Army – later known as the Soviet Army – from the late 1930s and was considered an indispensable piece of kit during the Second World War.

      Cotton
      Archive no. 2016.248

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