Original U.S. WWII USAAF Early Pattern M1 Flyers Protective Armor Flak Vest / Jacket Japanese Artwork & Posters and engraving is clear

and engraving is clear

including the gauges and putting them all together in a "Virtual panel”

The epaulets have bullion embroidered 26th Infantry Regiment Distinctive Unit Insignias

retaining almost all of the original paint

but Emerson and Silver specifically made them with brass-fitted steel

Original U.S. WWII USAAF Early Pattern M1 Flyers Protective Armor Flak Vest / Jacket Japanese Artwork & Posters and engraving is clearOriginal Item: Only One Available. During WW2 in the US Army Air Corps, bomber crews often returned from missions over NSDAP occupied Europe reporting extremely dense flak, each burst spraying the aircraft with hot shrapnel. Following the experience of the Royal Air Force, the Air Corps began issuing flak jackets to aircrews in 1942. These early flak jackets were heavy, consisting of steel plates sown into multi layered nylon that would catch low