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rambob Posted August 12, 2015 Author Share #52 Posted August 12, 2015 oldabewla, Really NICE HBT jacket you got there!! Could you take a picture of the back of it so I can see the seams. Thanks and congratulations. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldabewla Posted August 12, 2015 Share #53 Posted August 12, 2015 Here is the back with the side wings and no collar buttons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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doyler Posted August 25, 2015 Share #56 Posted August 25, 2015 Last fall attended a tag sale in the area.There were some military items.A lot of paper and manuals.Pieceing the things together it turned out the man had been a Navay doctor and served on the USS Sibley(destroyer) was in the pacific and then on to china I was guessing.The house was a huge old brick turn of the century home.Full attic and the families who lived there over the years seemed to not throw a thing away.The tag sale company stated they spent two weeks pitching items in to yard long dumpsters just to get to the stuff they felt was sellable.The whole attic was full of paper goods,magazines,etc from the 20s thorught the early 80s.Plus a lot of wooden crates,boxes etc.I thought I had dug through most of the stuff and had even found some additional items left behind the tag sale crew never sorted through.I had spotted a large garbage bag in the attic and never paid to much attention to it.Gathered up my stuff I found that they hadnt tagged for sale and went to get it priced.Decided to go back on day number two to look around and went back to the attic.A lot of the stuff had been gone through and even some sold early to the area dealers prior to the sale.I saw the garbage bag again and decided to open it and look in.After sifting through some old letters and such I saw a familiar color...I pulled it out and it was a real nice hbt shirt.Looked unworn and no worse for wear after 70 years in an attic.Decided to look further and there were the pants to match!!Below that was a set of the foulweather deck gear(top and bottom) as well as a nice unissued navy marked tropical OD shirt.Hard to believe they threw it out as I had bought the ngt baseball cap the day before.Ended up giving about $15 for the garbage bag finds. Looking over ther topic here it appears its a pattern 45B as well but has all the Navy/USN contract info and the steel buttons with laurel leafs.He it is as I found it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted August 25, 2015 Share #57 Posted August 25, 2015 Tag and Button Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted August 25, 2015 Share #58 Posted August 25, 2015 Trousers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted August 25, 2015 Share #59 Posted August 25, 2015 Waist band markings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted August 25, 2015 Share #60 Posted August 25, 2015 Tropical shirt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reneblacky Posted November 4, 2017 Share #61 Posted November 4, 2017 Southern Athletics with the common print. Bugger I have to struggle to get pictures up here due to size restrictions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted November 11, 2018 Share #62 Posted November 11, 2018 Bringing this back to the top with a question about the pair shown in posts 19&20, page 1... On that particular pair the cargo pockets are high up nearly against the waistband, contrary to most other pairs which have the trousers lower. I have heard the pockets were lowered for ease of access on later 42C pattern trousers... Can anyone confirm? Or is this just a manufacturer's variation FWIW, on my Normandy worn CC2 treated pair the pockets are higher up that on other sets that I have... Thx, Johan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissFUBAR Posted June 1, 2019 Share #63 Posted June 1, 2019 The label on this perfect-looking pair of HBT pants is driving me crazy. I cant find it in any reference book or site. I wonder if the pants are reproductions, but they came with a top that I was able to verify. Can anyone help? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rambob Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share #64 Posted November 20, 2019 MissFUBAR, don’t go nuts here. The QM tag looks good to me and tag details match tags on some of my trousers in the article. So I would assume they are original for the time being. BTW. What are you doubting about the tag? Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art M Posted May 21, 2020 Share #65 Posted May 21, 2020 I'm curious about doyler's USN set are the trousers' button 13 stars or laurel leaf type like the jacket? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbasol Posted July 29, 2020 Share #66 Posted July 29, 2020 A very informing topic, because I recently bought this HBT Jacket OD7 special with plastic buttons, a version you don't see quite often. So that's why a was a little in doubt wether it was a regular issued jacket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted November 29, 2020 Share #67 Posted November 29, 2020 As far as I know plastic buttons were just a substitute for the metal. War time economics. I have seen the trousers with all plastic buttons as well. Your pattern looks like the standard SPECIAL which has the gas flap as the Special specs called for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art M Posted April 9, 2021 Share #68 Posted April 9, 2021 I came across a singular pair of trousers the other day: A pair of P43 model but in twill rather than HBT... I knew these existed for the Navy, but i didn't know they used twill for Army trousers pattern as well... Anybody as some more info on these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkM Posted March 16 Share #69 Posted March 16 Found this conversation on the "ABC's of collecting HBT uniforms" while researching two sets that I am going to sell and came across the below site that I felt I should share. I'm trusting the information is accurate? https://www.atthefront.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=490 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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