Need opinions about two M43 jacket (ww2?)

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Hi,

I have two M.43 jacket, but I don't know which pattern and I cannot read the label (present inside the right pocket) because it is unreadable. Please, is it possible to date the jacket from this photos?

The liner is not dark, but a kaki colorThis is the first M-43:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the second M-43 jacket, it is more used then the first:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you in advanced!

 

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Any opinion?

 

Thanks

 

I.f.

['Flage Guy]

Chances are that the 2nd Jacket is a Wartime product. I have one identical to it, but in unissued condition. The inner lining is

forest green poplin, rather than the earlier O.D.#3 stuff.

Here is the contents of the spec tag- I would just post a pic of it, but I just realized that

I don't have one

 

Jackets, Field, M-1943

PATTERN "B" Feb. 1944

Stock No. 55-J-191-6??

 

Size 38L

ACE LEATHER

SPORTSWEAR CO., Inc.

P.O. No. 9438

Dated April 17, 1944

Spec. P.Q.D. No. 370 B

Dated Feb. 23, 1944

Phila. Q.M. Depot