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US ARMY BLANKET PIN AS USED BY THE CAVALRY FOR
HORSE BLANKETS AND EVENTUALLY BY WORLD WAR TWO GRAVES
REGISTRATION UNITS TO SECURE THE BLANKETS WRAPPED AROUND
THE BODIES OF THE CASUALTIES: A grim little
piece of equipment, these large blanket pins were
originally issued to cavalry units in the early 20th
Century to secure the blankets around their horses’
necks during cold weather. During World War Two,
as the horse cavalry had begun to fade into history, the
army found a new use for these pins, issuing them to
Graves Registration Units to be used to secure bedding
blankets that were used as shrouds to wrap the bodies of
the dead prior to internment. This use in detailed
as shown in the photograph below, in a World War Two era
Quartermaster Manual. Have two as shown,
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