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TWO UNIFORM JACKETS USAAF 9TH AIR FORCE WWII PILOT IST LIEUTENANT 3 BALFOUR WING PURPLE HEART BRONZE STAR EAME. THESE UNIFORMS ARE AUTHENTIC. THE STARTING PRICE IS ACCURATE. THE STERLING BALFOUR WINGS ALONE VALUE AT 100.00 OR BETTER. THE PREVIOUS OWNER ACQUIRED THEM FROM AN ESTATE SALE. AS IS OFTEN WITH ESTATE SALES, NO NAME WAS AVAILABLE. I HAVE HAD THESE SINCE 2006 AND THEY HAVE BEEN STORED IN A CEDAR CHIFFAROBE WITH OTHER WWII AND VIETNAM UNIFORMS IN A SMOKE FREE TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT. THERE ARE MORE PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. SIZE 36R DRESS COAT FOUR POCKET BLOUSE WITH BELT. AND EAME CAMPAIGN (ON A PINBACK RIBBON RAIL). FIRST LIEUTENANT BARS (PINBACK) ON THE SHOULDERS, US OFFICER’S COLLAR INSIGNIA (CLUTCHBACK) AND PILOT’S LAPEL WING INSIGNIA (CLUTCHBACK) ON THE LAPELS. ABOVE LEFT POCKET, THREE INCH (PINBACK) PILOT WING MARKED BALFOUR STERLING. ABOVE THE RIGHT POCKET, BLUE US PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION RIBBON (PINBACK). 9TH AIR FORCE LEFT SHOULDER PATCH AND IST ARMY RIGHT SHOULDER PATCH. FOUR HORIZONTAL HASH MARKS ON THE LEFT SLEEVE INDICATING TWO YEARS OF OVERSEAS SERVICE. STYLISH ARMY OFFICER’S REGULATION UNIFORM EAGLE LABEL ON THE INSIDE. THIS DRESS JACKET HAS THE BELT SEE PHOTO 1. SIZE 36S EISENHOWER (IKE) JACKET HAS SILVER BULLION FIRST LEIUTENANT BARS AND FOUR BULLION OVERSEAS BARS INDICATING 2 YEARS OF OVERSEAS SERVICE. 9TH AIR FORCE PATCH LEFT SHOULDER. US OFFICER INSIGNIA (CLUTHBACK) ON THE COLLARS AND LAPEL PILOT WINGS (CLUTCHBACK) ON THE LAPELS. THERE IS A MISSING BUTTON, THE BOTTOM INSIDE BUTTON ON THE JACKET CLOSURE. THIS IS THE ONE THAT IS MOST DIFFICULT TO BUTTON AND BEING CLOSE TO TWO OTHER BUTTONS IT DOESN’T SUPRISE ME IF IT WAS NOT REPLACED WHEN LOST BECAUSE IT WASN’T NEEDED TO KEEP THE JACKET CLOSED. DISPLAYS WELL WITHOUT IT. THE IKE JACKET HAS WAIST TAKE-UP STRAPS SEE PHOTO 9 FOR THE BUCKLES ON THESE STRAPS AT THE WAIST NEAR THE SLEEVES. NEITHER JACKET HAS QUARTERMASTER TAGS. I THINK THIS IS COMMON WITH OFFICER UNIFORMS. THE DRESS JACKET HAS THE OFFICIAL OFFICER UNIFORM EAGLE LABEL BUT THERE IS NO MAKER’S MARK IN EITHER UNIFORM. NINTH AIR FORCE WWII. Activated as 9th Air Force on 8 April 1942, the command fought in. In Egypt and Libya and as the tactical fighter component of the. United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe. (USSTAF), engaging enemy forces in France, the Low Countries and in Nazi Germany. The item “2 WWII JACKETS USAAF 9TH AIR FORCE PILOT P. H, B. S, EAME RIBBONS, BALFOUR WING” is in sale since Sunday, December 20, 2020. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\WW II (1939-45)\Original Period Items\United States\Uniforms”. The seller is “spudcakes” and is located in Semmes, Alabama. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, Sweden, Belgium, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Switzerland, Norway, Ukraine, Croatia, Bermuda, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Iceland, Jersey, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco.

• Region of Origin: United States
• Featured Refinements: USAAF
• Modified Item: No
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
• Original/Reproduction: Original
• Conflict: WW II (1939-45)