Jacket, Field, M-1941, Prisoner of War (PW)

€575.00
Tax included

Amazing genuine WWII US M-1941 short windbreaker-type jacket, windproof and water-resistant cotton poplin with  flannel lining. This is the US Army standard issue field jacket, worn by every branch of service on most theaters of operations.

In excellent overall condition, this jacket retains all its original buttons as well as its Talon zipper in working order; size 36R.

Initials PW have been stenciled in the back, indicating that the present jacket was issued to some Axis prisoner of war interned in the United States.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/german-pows-on-the-american-homefront-141009996/

https://www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/axis-pows-in-america/

https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/2020/10/23/italian-japanese-nazi-pows-in-america-strangers-within-our-gates/

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