4-hole Chin cup opinion

[cerick1450]

Hello

 

I picked up this 4 hole chin cup.. It appears to be OD #3 with US on the cup area. Is this a late ww2 era item? I did the burn test on a small fragment of the thread from the stitching, and it is cotton.. (does not melt)

Thanks

 

[ken88]

Quite possibly. But there will never be a definitive answer as it could have been produced in the 50s as well.

 

Here's a late ww2 picture for reference. Of particular interest is this cup's slightly darker OD shade.

 

[Burning Hazard]

I have a similar one as well, been told they are WWII produced and were used during Operation Varsity

 

Pat

[Burning Hazard]

Here's mine

[WWII Parachutist]

Quite possibly. But there will never be a definitive answer as it could have been produced in the 50s as well.

 

Here's a late ww2 picture for reference. Of particular interest is this cup's slightly darker OD shade.

 

 

This picture has always intrigued me. On his reserve chute, the left snap is a mini LTD, while the right side has the large LTD snap. The ripcord pocket also has a non-standard modification with the elastic sewn oddly. And then on top of that he wears a dark OD chinstrap inverted.

 

His chinstrap is definitely bar tacked based on the angle at which the chin brace is attached to the main body. Most 4 and 5 holers seen in pictures are box stitched at an angle.

[cerick1450]

Thank you to all for the help..

[Gregory]

I have a similar one as well, been told they are WWII produced and were used during Operation Varsity

 

Pat

 

Michel De Trez and Peter Hendrikx's books on Market Garden indicate that four-holers were used from Market Garden.

[Dogsbody]

Here's a 4-holer from my collection.

 

 

 

 

Rene