Original French First Indochina War Era TAP 47/56 Olive Drab Parachute Smock with Cap & 11th French Airborne Division Patch Category_MG 34 Reciever Assembly consistent with a bullet tumbling

consistent with a bullet tumbling after going through the shell

with a free-floating barrel

with PATENT 1849 on the left and NEW·YORK on the right

Two beautiful items that were most definitely brought home by a US Marine after the war

17-B Knife

Original French First Indochina War Era TAP 47/56 Olive Drab Parachute Smock with Cap & 11th French Airborne Division Patch Category_MG 34 Reciever Assembly consistent with a bullet tumblingOriginal Item: Only One Available. After the Second World War, the French Army began rebuilding and created a new uniform. This uniform included jump smock and trousers for parachute troops. The design of the smock and the camouflage pattern were influenced by the American jump smocks and British Denison smocks worn during WW2. The smock underwent several changes over the following decade, with the 1956 pattern being the example in question, hence "47