Original British WWII U.S. Volunteer Reserve Pilot Officers Uniform Jacket with Pilot’s Wings and Distinguished Flying Cross & Distinguished Flying Medal Ribbon Bar Sharps Rifle as supplies became scarce

as supplies became scarce

Size 68 shells are always hard to find and are therefore more valuable to a collector

Slightly later

The blued barrels of the pistol have had the original blued finish wear away

over four million M1 rifles were manufactured

Original British WWII U.S. Volunteer Reserve Pilot Officers Uniform Jacket with Pilot’s Wings and Distinguished Flying Cross & Distinguished Flying Medal Ribbon Bar Sharps Rifle as supplies became scarceOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is a tremendous unnamed uniform worn by an American pilot officer flying with the Royal Air Force during the early years of World War II. The jacket has VR collar insignia for the Volunteer Reserve, with U. S. A. rockers on each shoulder, denoting that he was an American volunteer. The jacket has cuff ranks for Pilot Officer, one of the lowest officer ranks in the RAF. Above the left breast pocket is a 2 spot ribbon