I recently purchased an authentic Federal blanket, which is said to be an exact replica of a blanket owned by the National Park Service. The blanket, pictured below, is dated, having been made sometime in the mid 1970s as a limited run. I asked the seller if he knew who the maker was, or, if he had any details at all regarding the blanket, and he responded in this way...
The blanket is coarse, appropriately weighted , and all around, it appears to be a seemingly impressive reproduction. I'll try to get some additional photos up (close ups of the weave, etc), but in the meantime, I was hopeful that some of our "old school" brothers here on the forum might be able to offer up some insight regarding this blanket? Perhaps some corroberation regarding the information offered above by the seller? I'd really like to know what original blanket this reproduction was based on.
I can't tell you who made the blanket, but it was commissioned in the mid 1970s by members of the 2nd Maryland, many of whom were park service employees. Some [blankets] went to the park service and 2nd Maryland and a few extras went to friends of the park service and/or the 2nd Maryland. The blankets were never released to the public and caused some problems because you could not tell it from the original that belonged to the park service. They were afraid people would try to sell them as originals since there was no way to tell them from originals. As far as I know there were only 50 or so made. This is all I can tell you about the blanket. I've had it for over 30 years and the only thing it was ver used for was display.
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