These blankets were made by various state-owned enterprises mostly during the communist Ceaușescu era. The patterns themselves appear to be copied from Soviet military and civil defense blankets. The Romanian defense industry in this period had some quirks when it came to the kit items produced for domestic military use. Very sturdy materials, often overbuilt, but indifferent assembly and nonexistent QC. As a result, you get a very heavy blanket made of ridiculously sturdy fabric that is nearly impossible to tear, but the stitching isn't the best. If you buy one of these blankets, be prepared to do some alterations to make them pretty. I sent mine in to my local tailor shop to shore up the hem as the stitching there was coming apart (and upon inspection, the intact stitching was clearly not that great to begin with). I still think this was a worthwhile purchase because comparable wool blankets of this size and weight from quality retailers in Eastern Europe/the Balkans today easily cost anywhere from $100-$200 new, especially in countries like Poland and Romania which have adopted the Euro. The cost of labor and materials is just much more expensive now for essentially the same product - and most of them have very expensive shipping/tariff duties coming from Europe. If you buy any Warsaw Pact surplus blanket like this that are available stateside, you're definitely getting your money's worth.