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Ran across some surplus wool blankets that I haven’t seen before. Advertised as “Brand New 1950's Original Canadian Civil Defense Wool Blankets” by camoLOTS.com in Buffalo, NY. I originally saw their ad on eBay (camoLOTS) where they sell various colors/markings combos. The cheapest I originally saw was “ Without Markings” blankets that were $15.80 each if you bought 4 or more – but when I went to buy the cheapest blankets were all gone (cheapest left were $18.24 for 4+ with markings).

I looked around online to see if anyone else was selling these - found a couple of places at higher prices – and also found that camoLOTS also had a website that listed the blankets.  But their website prices were much higher than on eBay. There was a ‘Make an Offer” tab under the “Add to Cart”.  My offer of $160 for a case of 10 (vs. their $247.50 asking price) was accepted several hours after submission. Shipping was stiff at over $50, but the box weighed about 50lbs. Received the box in about a week.

The blankets are very nice, 59”x 83”, range between 4 lbs 2.4 oz to 4 lbs 6.2oz each on our postal scale. I don’t like scratchy wool and these do not seem scratchy to me (not Merino wool soft, but much better than the cheap wool stuff I’ve usually bought).

This shows less than half the blanket, but gives an idea of the overall appearance:

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Closer views of the blanket details:

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I got all excited when I saw CDN WOOL - had a couple of Red ones (had a wide black stripe across the width - apparently designate blankets designated as for barracks use)

Very warm.

Image above shows Sarcee Barracks, Calgary,  AB so these are pretty old.

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7 hours ago, Mrs Griz said:

I got all excited when I saw CDN WOOL - had a couple of Red ones (had a wide black stripe across the width - apparently designate blankets designated as for barracks use)

Very warm.

Image above shows Sarcee Barracks, Calgary,  AB so these are pretty old.

It would be cool if they were surplusing any of the red ones. It looks like the batch of Civil Defense blankets that "camoLots" is selling are all some shade of grey. 

The Seller indicated that the number on the blankets' tags ("51" in my case) is the year of manufacture. If true, these are over 70 years old. The box I received seemed to indicate that these blankets were inspected and/or repackaged on January 11, 1963.

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