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 Locke. 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 Small Regular, Chest from 33 to 37”, Height from 67 to 71”. It has Sergeant First Class Chevrons on both shoulders, a white name tag above the right breast pocket, US Army and Senior Parachutist 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.
The included beret has no insignia and is of the period, and was with the uniform originally. This is a great set 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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