Collection: Czech Bahňák Sumpfmuster CAMO

Seen below are samples of the earliest known camouflage fabric to have been produced in postwar Czechoslovakia. Based on the German Wehrmacht Sumpfmuster ("marsh") pattern, the Czech design has been printed in reverse of the German model and using modified shapes based on the originals. There remains some speculation as to whether the earliest Czech versions were printed using original German equipment that was moved there during the war. Some circles in Czechoslovakia have referred to this pattern as Bahňák (from the Czech word Bahna or mud), although it is likely this term was adopted much later by historians and/or collectors.