Original U.S. WWII Camel's Hump Airlines A-2 Flight Jacket - 1st Air Commando Group CBI Snider Rifles & Bayonets Brass "D" guard enclosing brass

Brass "D" guard enclosing brass wire bound leather hand grip

The “Afrikakorps” cuff title became an official award from the 18th July 1941 (Prior to this date the various locally made black unofficial Afrikakorps cuff titles had been worn by some German soldiers from all branches of the Wehrmacht) Criteria for the award was a minimum of two months service in North Africa

It even has the original thick glass viewing window and two spare pieces of glass still wrapped in the original brown waxed paper

Original Item: Only One available

Original U.S. WWII Camel's Hump Airlines A-2 Flight Jacket - 1st Air Commando Group CBI Snider Rifles & Bayonets Brass "D" guard enclosing brassOriginal Item: One of a kind. This is an exceptional A2 leather flight jacket issued to a member 1st Air Commando Group during WWII. The 1st Air Commando Group flew missions over the HUMP. The Hump was the name given by Allied pilots in the Second World War to the eastern end of the Himalayan Mountains over which they flew military transport aircraft from India to China to resupply the Chinese war effort of Chiang Kai shek and the units of the United