US M-1943 Field Jacket, 1st pattern. The M43 field jacket was designed as a replacement for the various combat clothing worn by the different branches of service, this type of jackets were first issued to Airborne Units in the European Theatre of Operations (ETO) in 1944. The often missing manufacturer's label is present and the jacket is dated 16 November 1943 and size 36R marked, the jacket is maker marked by the rarely seen manufacturer 'Perry Sportswear Inc.'. The fully lined interior comes with a tunnel looped drawstring at waist line. There are some minimal traces of usage. A name is written inside the jacket, the jacket is named to 'D.Woodruff'. Nice and hard to find early dated original US M43 field jacket in very good condition!