Item Description
Original Item. Only One Available. This is a fantastic example of a field used M1951 Jacket attributed to a member of the 1st Special Forces Command, known only by his rank and name; Sergeant First Class Robison. The uniform has a mixture of both subdued and color insignia and was most likely worn while he was inside the wire.
This is a great jacket which is in size Long Small, Chest from 35 to 37 inches, Height from 71 inches and upward. It has Sergeant First Class Chevrons on both shoulders, a white name tag above the right breast pocket, US Army and Paratrooper wings above the left breast pocket, and a patch for the 1st Special Forces Command with an Airborne ribbon above it. The jacket is in fantastic shape with virtually no flaws.
This is a great piece of Vietnam War gear ready for further research and display!
The M-1951 field jacket was based on the M-1943 field jacket. The M-1951 was given snap fasteners instead of buttons and an aluminium zipper. Earlier issue M-1951s had larger, brown buttons like on the M-1943, and later jackets had smaller brown, then green buttons as used on the M-1965 field jacket and later OG-107 fatigues. Unlike the later M-1965 that replaced it, the M-1951 had button cuffs, a pointed collar and had a separate hood that buttoned on to the collar (the latter of which could also be fit to the m-65). It also added a second drawstring to the bottom hem, and added holes to allow adjustment of the waist drawstring from the outside of the jacket, a feature which was later removed in the M-1965 model. In addition; it also added buttons for an internal wool-pile liner, a feature introduced in the largely forgotten M-1950 jacket, which itself was similar to the m-1943 with the exception mentioned prior and a change in sizing; although those liners are incompatible due to different sizing and button patterns. The M-51 is also compatible with the button spacing of most quilted nylon M-65 liners, though there will be unused buttons when used with the M-1951.
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