Original U.S. WWII M1941 Field Jacket with Period-Applied Army Airborne Command SSI & Laundry Number Percusion Muskets and the gold silk screened

and the gold silk screened symbol are fully intact

Overall length: 30 ¾”

The brown leather sweatband is in good supple condition and is unmarked

weighing in at 33lbs

said to be the first National Guard unit shipped overseas in World War II

Original U.S. WWII M1941 Field Jacket with Period-Applied Army Airborne Command SSI & Laundry Number Percusion Muskets and the gold silk screenedOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a lovely example of a Jacket, Field, O. D. which has a lovely period applied Army Airborne Command patch on the left sleeve and a laundry number on the zipper flap. The Jacket, Field, O. D. (also unofficially known as O. D. Cotton Field Jacket, Parsons Jacket, or M1941) is a field jacket that was used by US Army soldiers, most famously during the beginning of World War II. In 1941 it started to be phased in