C026594 U.S. ALLIED FORCES HEADQUARTERS STAFF SERGEANT IKE FIELD JACKET.

A fully lined, olive drab wool waist length tunic is single breasted with integral shoulder straps buttoned near the neck. There are pleated patch pockets to each breast, whose scalloped flaps have hidden button closures. Extending from the left waistband is a short tab, with a brass snap at its end, which mates with a snap stud to the base of the right side of the front closure. Short, horizontal straps with blackened steel buckles are to each hip. The buttons to the cuff, pockets and shoulder straps, and the larger ones to the right of the front closure are all of olive drab bakelite and appear to have their original stitching. A single “US” collar dog is present to the left facing collar point. A short tab is also present under the right collar that mates with a button to the opposite collar. A "ruptured duck" for honourable discharge is sewn above the right breast pocket. On the left arm, stitched below the shoulder is the Allied Forces Headquarters shoulder flash, atop a Staff Sergeant rank badgeh (Mediterranean Allied Air Force). Above the left cuff is a two year overseas bars and a good conduct stripe. The makers tag is sewn inside the right interior pocket with the size of "38R" and a 1944 date.

GRADE ****                             PRICE $115.00

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