WW2 USMC P44 HBT Combat Shirt

Excellent condition service worn US WW2 olive green HBT shirt with 'USMC' lettering & emblem on left breast & black painted USMC buttons. After the disastrous beach landing at Tarawa Atoll in November 1943, when most Marines ditched their equipment getting ashore under fire, it was decided that a uniform was needed that could hold essential items such as ammunition & rations etc. This was to the answer to that requirement. Complete with its gas flap still intact ,this 1944 pattern shirt with its internal pocket design is a classic Pacific theatre item. Complete with its 6 US Marine Corps buttons to front fly & one each to breast pocket & stowage pockets it is in very good condition with service wear & some very small rust spots in places. There is a slightly larger one to the back. No unsightly rips or tears. An approx 46 inch chest this is an ideal shirt for mannequin display representing a combat Marine in the field.

Code: 10790