US 29th Inf. Div. custom Ike jacket
Article about: Was digging through a closet the other day and found this Ike jacket. It is a custom tailored one with the combat leadrship tabs sewn on the epaulettes. Cannot find a name or anything to ide
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re: US 29th Inf. Div. custom Ike jacket
This looks more like an enlisted jacket. Can you take some more pictures to show the whole jacket...and in better light
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re: US 29th Inf. Div. custom Ike jacket
Definitely officer's jacket because of the combat leadership stripe on the epaulettes. NCO would have been a green tab on shoulder beneath NCO stripes.
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re: US 29th Inf. Div. custom Ike jacket
i think your custom ike is a NCO's for sure, likely not WWII but sometime after the war. Maybe a guardsman with a little extra money to get a nice tailored uniform.
Here's a link about leadership tabs:
Leaders Identification Insignia (ArmyStudyGuide.com)
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re: US 29th Inf. Div. custom Ike jacket
if it was officer it would have a brown or off brown braid around the cuff:
File:Eisenhower jacket 88122.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
What is the date inside your jacket?
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