JACKET, FIELD, PILE, O.D. Outerwear and are completed with smoked

and are completed with smoked glass lenses

During the Second World War it was typical for enlisted men to wear an open faced belt

categorically

Most of those found on the market are from 1973 or 1974

JACKET, FIELD, PILE, O.D. Outerwear and are completed with smokedWhen the M 1943 field jacket was originally conceived, it was a part of a modular system, with groundbreaking military research having proven for the first time, categorically, that wearing multiple thin layers was more effective at keeping soldiers warm than one heavy coat. The JACKET, FIELD, PILE, O. D. was one part of this system, designed to allow the M 1943 jacket to be worn in all seasons and climates, thanks to its double face alpaca lining.