Original U.S. Army Air Forces Private Purchase / Custom Tailored Elastique Ike Jacket Flintlocks tangent rear sight and bayonet

tangent rear sight and bayonet lug was apparently sold to Bulgaria or Yugoslavia

The Model 1951 or M-1951 olive drab cotton field cap

which was usually not permitted by Germans

during one of these missions

It consists of a "named" MONS STAR medal and comes together with a period photograph of the Grenadier Guardsman in question

Original U.S. Army Air Forces Private Purchase / Custom Tailored Elastique Ike Jacket Flintlocks tangent rear sight and bayonetOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very beautiful, professionally tailored Ike Jacket made from elastique. Experience in North Africa and Sicily confirmed that the wool serge Service Coat was worthless in combat. In the fall of 1943 a short wool jacket was adopted for the Air Corps, similar to the British battle dress jacket, and was investigated for the other services. By the end of 1944, the Jacket, Field, Wool (Ike Jacket) was standard