a2jacketpatches
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Been looking for an M51 since I found a near mint one in my size ten years ago. It was unissued and the cloth was impeccable, but every stitch on the thing was weak like dry rot or something. For some reason, only the thread used to assemble it was affected so the jacket was useless. Found this one in lightly used shape, a little faded but strong. I've got a SAC and 42nd Bomb Wing Patch from the 50's for it, I served with that unit in the mid 80's. But I wanted the 50's look because the patches were bigger and they just have to go on a 50's jacket. Nice minty VN helmet dated 1966, some VN ammo pouches a VN Pistol Belt with Davis buckle and my second favorite thing today, a 508th PIR ashtray from a Bavarian Co. 1946. Also picked up this M42 a week or two ago, looked like it was in a fire so I stripped it and was going to get creative with a cammo job but decided to flip it on Ebay, I've got enough work to do.