WW2 US Tankers Jacket With '1st Tank Bn' Markings To Back

Specific issue cold weather gear was developed for armoured troops in 1941. The most well known & rarest item of all being this the Tankers combat jacket.
Popular with all those that could acquire them it was a bomber style jacket with elasticated cuffs , neck & waistband which kept the warm air in when cold.
This is the second pattern model ( March 1942 onwards ) with classic slanted pockets to sides . It is a typically well used piece, it being uncommon to find them unutilised due to their popularity. There are some heavily stitched repairs to the front of the jacket just giving this an even more 'salty' combat look as it would have looked inside his Sherman . To the rear of the jacket are the stencilled markings ' 1st TANK BN H&S Co No.332 ' .
Brown blanket like material lines the inside with conmar zip to front. Elasticity remains to cuffs , neck & waist & zip in working order. There are a few very small moth holes to blanket lining not detracting.
This is a used example of a popular jacket liked by all US servicemen that had the fortune of owning them, hence not many survive today.

Code: 12312