United States. An Army Air Forces Jacket, To Captain (Later Lieutenant Colonel) Clifford L. Peterson, C.1945 Archive with the expected contact marks

with the expected contact marks from active use

packet of issue

Klasse für 20 Dienstjahre)

the obverse with a central Bavarian lion rampant inside of an oak leaf wreath

United States. An Army Air Forces Jacket, To Captain (Later Lieutenant Colonel) Clifford L. Peterson, C.1945 Archive with the expected contact marksThis jacket is fabricated from a fine army green wool, button down epaulette straps on both shoulders, each of which is secured in place by a large brown plastic button at the neck end, with a Lieutenant Colonel rank insignia pinned in place on both straps. There is an Eighth Air Force patch sewn in place on the left shoulder and a United States Army Air Forces patch sewn in place on the right shoulder, both badges in red, white and dark yellow