Very nice! And also very interesting. Here's my guess...
It's reproduction WW2 Leibermuster cloth made into an inexpensive patterned US type rain poncho. You can knock out several of these with the same work needed for a single jacket, so if you're looking to move surplus cloth... it's a way to go. The cloth is, however, completely unsuited for a rain poncho
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I don't think it's Swiss cloth (definitely not Swiss issue) because it isn't the same pattern. Interestingly enough, there are some distinct differences between the Swiss, the experimental 1954 Bundeswehr, and WW2 Wehrmacht patterns. Czech is completely different, so there's no problem confusing that into the mix. Here are the tell tail signs of which Leibermuster is which:
1. Swiss has fairly dense and blobby blacks with dense overlays of green shapes. The white/green flecks are fairly large and few inbetween.
2. Bundeswher has more sparse and complex looking colors in general. The black especially is well defined with occasional pieces having significant "holes" in them. The red and green colors have far longer and thinner streaks. The cloth was also run through two black rollers, one with the large finger like shapes and the other with smaller blobs with reduced opacity (similar to the Amoeba shelter halves). Interestingly, the back panel of my jacket was only run through the larger black roller, while the pieces used for the pockets and trousers were run through both.
3. From what I can tell there's no good way to differentiate between Wehrmacht Leibermuster and BW Leibermuster except by side by side comparison. The only possible thing I've noticed is the Wehrmacht version has more clear space between the rows of black shapes than BW version, which is itself less dense than Swiss.
Obviously a small company getting ahold of original WH or BW issue cloth is not credible, so it has to be from one of these various reproduction runs. There have been such runs of various interpretations of WH Leibermuster on the market for decades.
Personally, I'm surprised we haven't seen more stuff like this made from Swiss cloth since there had to be hundreds or thousands of meters of fabric left unused when the Swiss moved to TAZ82 (lightweight Leibermuster) and then TAZ90 (green based Leibermuster). Usually the fabric winds up being bought by companies like Scoville MfG. I suppose the Swiss were big meanies and had their excess cloth destroyed.
BTW, remember that with Leibermuster the black rollers are of a different (smaller) diameter than the other colors. This means that the black is never in the same exact place because it isn't synched with the rest of the colors. This is unlike almost all other patterns and the ramification is that if you use the black to ID the pattern you basically must ignore all the colors underneath since they will never line up together.
Cool item none the less!
Steve