I did not see those numbers on that shirt. The U701 is likely a laundry number as you were advised. Please quote your source that identifies your shirt as whatever you claim it is. We would all like to see this evidence but you are becoming belligerent - not "humbly" asking for expert advice as you started off saying. This is not personal so please keep this to the actual item discussed or this thread will be blocked as well. 

you know what? you have already fallen for me morally, humanly and professionally, if you own a dozen shirts 1953-1955, Creighton, WPL 8644, ALL WOLL, USAF P-2-4-2, U701, please send those dozen shirts to this forum so everyone can see all the insignia from this year, if that's the case, then oki...have fun

RKurz, It appears the thread is gone now but you were asked where you obtained your research info and how you concluded that this was a rare shirt. You asked for advice and you received it. Whether you accept that is another story. To people who have seldom owned or held a WWII era item an item might be assumed to be exceedingly rare. To collectors, it might be common as was this shirt to many of us. If there is documentation showing how this shirt is a rare variant we all wanted to know. Some of the features you quoted were clearly not part of the shirt you posted. From what I saw, as of last eve, before the thread disappeared you did not offer any references. We are all excited to learn new things regardless of the source but there must be a source.  We all learn at a different pace but as for 100,000 views( and I doubt that number), controversial topics attract members like moths to a flame. I for one returned to see if you had realized that you might have been taking this item far more seriously than it deserves - not because I was interested in such a rare shirt.  I'm sure I speak for others when I say I hope you find a party as interested in the shirt as you. Best, Dave

If I may add to what Mark stated above, the collective membership here are LITERALLY the experts who would be the "final" answer on the subject.  There are probably a couple THOUSAND of years of experience on this forum if it was all tabulated.  While I may be new to the forum, I have been collecting for over 60 years.  I have had scores of these shirts.  Good luck getting 25 bucks on eBay.     OD  

I agree with you, I   was just saying both were from the same era. I just picked one up with the 1902 scabbard and researching the possibility of the 1902 being a replacement of the time. Haven't found any proof as of yet but there seems to be thoughts out there that it was possible. As you said in this post earlier that some troops used them longer then the 2-year trail period and they needed replacement scabbards what else would they have to use? Kind of make sense that way but no proof it's just wishful thinking.

Obviously your profile hasn't been blocked since you're able to still post here. And you really need to get off the "because of my poor English" excuse. This forum is composed of thousands of members from around the world, and NO ONE would complain about your lack of English, or any other language. Comments were made that you shouldn't rely on artificial intelligence to tell you what you have. Instead, there where a number of human experts here who tried to tell you what you had and you chose to disregard their many years of experience....as historians (and many of us here have been published or contributed to collectors books and scholarly works) not to mention some of these same people served serving the times the shirt was worn.  And as far as "handing over the entire matter, including documentation, to be resolved at the official international level. " just who, I ask you, might that be? It's OK to be disappointed to find out that a treasure isn't a treasure, and then there's being foolish about it.     And if you really want to learn about that shirt from something other than AI, find a copy of "Into the Blue", which is a history of Air Force uniforms that will show you haw common place these are.  And yes, I also own about a dozen examples of the same shirt.   Mark sends

Another jacket from the squadron gifted from the family. Unfortunately, the collar, cuffs, and wait band were replaced years ago.          

Thank you! It was a great piece and lovely to display. The large blacked out diamond is the 4th Marine Div. insignia. Not sure why it was marked out. Never seen any duffle like it. The search continues!   Thanks,  Hayden

This was my grandfather's First Army Engineer SSI. He was very proud of his service during WWII and as an engineer. I would like to know if anyone here can please help me understand this patch a little bit more, such as the materials used and is it American or Theater made? Thank you.

Mr Chris,    Incredible amount of knowledge. Thank you very much for sharing. I wasn't aware that Lyon played a huge part in bullion. I actually drove through there many years ago.   Thanks,   Skyler.