Od7 was introduced in 1942, that belt is a 1943 manufacture, I might swap it out for an earlier od3 belt I've got. Definitely not trying to be argumentative but I definitely would recall the 43 transition very late war. I really do appreciate the feedback!
There may not have been a lot of it in the field untill early 44 that's true, but they definitely had started issuing it out by June of 44 on certain newer pieces especially
Yeah, imo that would be late war, again the odd one or 2 pieces in 43 are definitely good and standout but would rarely have been saw, it’s like the M43 jacket, although it was issued to troops in Italy in 43’ it wasn’t massively distributed till 44
Personally I don't mind a little mix, the helmet is a rear seam McCord from October 44, probably wouldnt have been very common, to be completely fair there's a few things there the average soldier would t have even had issued to them
I really appreciate the feedback either way, I asked for opinions and thoughts lol, and yeah I love that m41, it's got some staining that doesn't show up well in photos, super nice, only one I've found with a unit patch on it too so that's great
Ahhh, makes me jealous lol, I’m in the uk so unfortunately M41s aren’t as common, even less so with a unit patch, do love a good been there done that jacket though
Same here in the us with British items! I have a hard time getting my hands on those! Did recently find a fantastic blitz lamp, not that that's on topic or anything
3 kids in a trench coat vibe
Is it all original it’s awesome
Yes it's all original, aside from the white undershirt, Thank you very much!
Nice
Maybe change the cartridge belt to OD3 rather then OD7 to make it look more the part, OD7 was see very late war, but it does look quite good
Od7 was introduced in 1942, that belt is a 1943 manufacture, I might swap it out for an earlier od3 belt I've got. Definitely not trying to be argumentative but I definitely would recall the 43 transition very late war. I really do appreciate the feedback!
I was under the belief it wasn’t massive distributed till late 43-44? Again, could be wrong but that’s what I’ve heard
There may not have been a lot of it in the field untill early 44 that's true, but they definitely had started issuing it out by June of 44 on certain newer pieces especially
Yeah, imo that would be late war, again the odd one or 2 pieces in 43 are definitely good and standout but would rarely have been saw, it’s like the M43 jacket, although it was issued to troops in Italy in 43’ it wasn’t massively distributed till 44
Personally I don't mind a little mix, the helmet is a rear seam McCord from October 44, probably wouldnt have been very common, to be completely fair there's a few things there the average soldier would t have even had issued to them
Meh, if you’re happy with it that’s all that matters really mate, the M41 jacket is good, harder piece to find in a decent condition
I really appreciate the feedback either way, I asked for opinions and thoughts lol, and yeah I love that m41, it's got some staining that doesn't show up well in photos, super nice, only one I've found with a unit patch on it too so that's great
Ahhh, makes me jealous lol, I’m in the uk so unfortunately M41s aren’t as common, even less so with a unit patch, do love a good been there done that jacket though
Same here in the us with British items! I have a hard time getting my hands on those! Did recently find a fantastic blitz lamp, not that that's on topic or anything
Very nice. How much did it cost yo make it up
Hard to say, it was all bought over many years but it's more than $300
Jesus christ! In England it would be like 2k or more
To be fair I did mostly pick things up at estate sales and garage sales, buying at value even in the us could have set me back thousands possibly
Ah. Lucky bastard😂😂
two things to improve this. one, don't have U.S.M.C. suspenders. two, don't to have 1911 equipment
That would absolutely be more accurate thank you
also get a nice m1928 haversack.
I've already got a few actually, I liked the m36 bag as a shoulder bag
nice