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    Palestinian PLO Imported Patterns

    TennoHeikaNate
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    Post by TennoHeikaNate Sun Oct 22, 2017 10:45 pm

    Acquired this shirt awhile back from an older British collector, who also had a Syrian red lizard shirt that I missed.
    From what I can tell, it's simply an imported Egyptian Rocks/Sand reversible shirt, not tailored or modified in any way, in fact according to him he acquired from a source who "liberated" it from a PLO warehouse, completely unused along with the red lizard a couple other items. The only markings are a blue circled "2", guessing a size stamp.


    A very simple construction, button front, a single button pocket on either side, and reversible epaulets.
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    Some reference pics, as well as general PLO/Palestinian photos.
    Haven't been able to find photos of them wearing the "rocks" side, they seemed to prefer the sand.
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    French Marines in 1982, Beirut Stadium found this derelict M-50 Sherman, one of two used by the PLO
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    The other Sherman
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    1969 Fatah fighter
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    Some PLO wearing imported Czechoslovakian Mlok camo, the black and white photos are from December 1969
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    Enjoy!
    -Nate
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    Post by Camonut314 Mon Oct 23, 2017 12:24 pm

    Those are some awesome pics!

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    TennoHeikaNate
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    Post by TennoHeikaNate Mon Dec 05, 2022 7:46 pm

    Went back and took some new pics, also looks like Giles also has one of these mystery "simplified" rocks shirts.
    If you compared it to the normal Egyptian rocks pattern, you'll see this one is much simplified.
    It's also cheaply printed, you can see several instances of slipped screens, dye dripping, and over and under dyeing.
    Also I was wrong about the stamp, it's on the front hem of the "sand" side, and appears to be a circled English "M" in blue or indigo dye.
    Why there would be an English letter stamp I don't know, but I wonder if this shirt was Egyptian made for export, or a local Palestinian copy?
    Giles' shirt is the only other one I've seen, I have also seen neither matching trousers, nor any photos of Egyptians or Palestinians wearing this simplified rocks pattern.
    I also don't have any Egyptian rocks/sand to be able to compare the sand side to see if the shapes in this shirt differ from the normal Egyptian one.



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    Compare to several of the "rocks" uniform cuts and pattern variations seen mostly in the 1970's.
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    Enjoy!
    -Nate

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