Original WWII GI Winter Combat Jacket - Tanker Jacket U.S. Ordnance A curved leather-covered metal spring

A curved leather-covered metal spring arm extended downward from the helmets fiber shell and exerted tension on the ear phone to hold the ear flap assembly snugly against the users ear

while its Nepal cache provenance gives it an additional historical connection unavailable on ordinary surplus examples

The Royal Irish Rifles (became the Royal Ulster Rifles from 1 January 1921) was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army

and the black enamel paint is still almost completely intact

[citation needed] These NSDAP activities were a part of the Gleichschaltung (Equalization) starting in 1933

Original WWII GI Winter Combat Jacket - Tanker Jacket U.S. Ordnance A curved leather-covered metal springOriginal Item: Only One Available. WW2, U. S. Army, Combat Field Jacket or Tanker Jacket. This hard wearing and warm jacket was the perfect replacement for the in service M1938 and M1941 jackets. When worn with it's matching bibbed trousers it became the combat uniform of choice for the Armored Forces and was much in demand by all other ground forces, even AAF pilots were seen wearing this jacket! This jacket is in very good condition, the "gold" hued