Thanks for the insight. It adds to the mystery of it. Would it be European made the thread would have been metric. And as you say that the construction is maybe pre-WW2 it makes the knife even more special to me. The area I live is directly directly under the flightpath to Germany and they still find planes in the polders here. So I think I will take it to one of the WW2 museums here...

Greeting.  Any input on history of this vest will be appreciated.

Thanks for the help Don

Do you have better pictures of the rifle?

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That is a Type 44 carbine in case you were wondering. It is in surprisingly great condition, which is hard to come by nowadays. If you want to shoot it every once in a great while, Steinel ammunition makes good ammo for it. I hope this helps.

Definitely not WWII , and not officially engraved.    Kurt

The red and white engineer colors look hand embroidered into a US machine made cotton thread cut edge patch.

Its American made 1st army with hand sewn branch indicator in the upper area of the A 

Have a twin to it but much more faded... good to go