Original U.S. WWII 99th Infantry Battalion / 474th Infantry Regiment Ike Jacket Dated 1944 - Size 42R Conflict Balicki – Westfield

Balicki – Westfield

This is a very beautiful “sweetheart” pin from the early 1940s

but the advancing troops were already beginning to get beyond the range of their light calibre supporting artillery

Shoulder straps could be used instead of the suspenders

000 pounds of bombs

Original U.S. WWII 99th Infantry Battalion / 474th Infantry Regiment Ike Jacket Dated 1944 - Size 42R Conflict Balicki – WestfieldOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Eisenhower jacket or "Ike" jacket, officially known as the Jacket, Field, Wool, Olive Drab, is a type of waist length jacket developed for the U. S. Army during the later stages of World War II and named after Dwight D. Eisenhower. Intended to be worn on its own or as an insulating layer beneath the M 1943 Field Jacket and over the standard wool flannel shirt and wool sweater, it featured a pleated back,