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dew042
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01/07/2018 01:47PM  
Vacuum sealed, SPAM canned, goose downed and cotton shelled sleeping bag made for an Air Force contract circa 1949.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/a14532075/air-force-sleeping-bag-in-a-can/

We live charmed lives with our super light, water phobic, down gear today.
 
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deerfoot
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01/07/2018 03:17PM  
Interesting relic. Collector value, if any, probably lost by opening the can.
 
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Mad_Angler
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02/20/2018 03:17PM  
Wiggy's makes nice sleeping bags.

They offer to vacuum pack any of their bags. They also sell vacuum packed bags for the military to include on fighter jets.
Wiggys
 
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