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Recently purchased a Feb. 1945 pattern M1943 field jacket that is missing two front closure buttons. They are more brown than green in color.

 

Anyone have extra buttons to spare or know of a source for originals? I wonder if I could scavenge them from a hood, which seem to be more plentiful than jackets!

 

Thanks.

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I looked at WWII sewing kits online when I was in the same predicament, but they were too pricey, so I ended up cannibalizing one from a hood. At the time I had a bunch of unissued hoods that I found in a surplus store for $1.95.

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