WWII USMC Army MIL-Spec 3/8” MANILA ROPES “Eye” Spliced & Sewn Ends (Lot of 2)

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WWII USMC Army MIL-Spec 3/8” MANILA ROPES “Eye” Splices & Sewn Ends (Lot of 2)
Mint NOS Unissued!!
SCARCE MATERIAL!
Two
LONG
coils, still ‘twine-tied’ from a QM Depot, of true
MANILA 3/8” Ropes
with an
“EYE” Splice
(a 5” hand-woven
LOOP
) on one end and 'whipped' on the other with machine stitching. These are
LONGER
and
HEAVIER
than the
1/4” Cotton Guy Lines
issued by the Army for erecting the buttoned
“Shelter, Halves.”
(
NOTE
: The
USMC,
more often than not, supplied true MANILA cordage with their Tentage, along with short lengths of treated Braided OD Cotton Rope for the
“Foot Rope” GROMMETS
.)
Perfect
GUY LINES
for a General Purpose
TENT
or
SHELTER HALVES
, or as
TIE-DOWN ROPES
for securing Ammo crates, supplies to a
Pack-board
or a
Mule
(as was the case in the mountainous
Apennines
of Mark Clark's
Italian Campaign).