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WWII B-10 Jacket 507th PIR 17th Airborne Division

Currency:USD Category:Antiques Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 500.00 USD
WWII B-10 Jacket 507th PIR 17th Airborne Division
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For a Major, 17th Airborne Division, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment. 1944. Left breast has a circular white patch with a black spider wearing a parachute harness painted on patch for 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment. Left shoulder has black and gold eagle talon patch with separate Airborne tab for the 17th Airborne Division. Right shoulder has embroidered American Flag patch for Invasion Status. Tag: "TYPE B-10, SPECIFICATION NO. 3157, SIZE 42, STOCK NO. 8300-470715, CONT. NO. W30-053 A.C. 935. L.S.L. GARMENT CO., PROPERTY AIR FORCE, U.S. ARMY". For Major with the 17th Airborne Division, the jacket was worn during Operation Varsity, the jump across the Rhine, in 1945 by the 17th Airborne Division. This was the last combat jump in the European theater during WWII. Age of patches unknown