The bottom is the WWII H&H Imperial pattern, not a Meyers

It came in a 6th mg bn grouping. Ive been suspect of its origin. I will say the button rings holding the buttons in place are rusted and have stained the inner fabric. Seems like theyve been there for awhile 

Last week I watched Masters for the second time, first time was weekly when it was released. This time I watched it over a day and a half and definitely enjoyed it far more the second time!

yes I am - thankyou    the pattern follows the experimental patterns, and as far as the BAR belt goes, SF and navy seals loved the BAR belt due to the amount of ammo they could carry. I think it would be prudent to produce a stronger more light weight version in place of the old spec 42 or 50 Canvas BAR Belt.  when wet would weigh an absolute ton ! Hence them experimenting and looking change if not of all of its older generation of load out systems.  Everything got changed to nylon 

A man of many talents? Never seen that, but could be experimental. I don’t see a use since the BAR was largely obsolete and why not just use surplus ones? I’m sure the US has plenty post Korea and ww2. Unless they were being supplied to ARVN or something? But then again why would the US make them specifically for them especially in Nylon which was still semi new.

Jerry it’s me Dean and yes I collect M1 helmets and WW2 also.     

Colonel,   To me, this coat appears to be exactly what it is; a 1912 pattern cotton coat with USMC buttons added to it. The USMC had its own cotton, or tropical coat issued (the P 1912).   However, later in the war the Marines were given US Army winter coats instead of the USMC P17 winter coats in an effort to east supply issues, so I guess it is possible that cotton coats were given to Marines in lieu of the P12, tho I doubt it.   The only problem with this theory is that the cotton coat was not issued in France as far as I know...  

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I understand, thank you, Spathologist.

Hi to all :))   This might sound like a stupid question, but I was wondering if anyone of you guys and gals would happen to know, where exactly rank sleeve insignia was to be placed. Was there a manual stating a certain place on the arm? And did the placing change depending on the rank (the Staff Sergeant chevrons are significantly bigger than Corporal chevrons)? I tried to find some sources on that, but failed. One thing I noticed, though, is, that this did not seem to be standardised in the Army. Many uniforms on this forum and on the internet, which date to the 1960s have different placings on the arm (e.g., 3 inches below the shoulder seam and this seems to depend, among other things, on the SSI worn as bigger SSIs would necessitate the rank chevron to be placed lower to avoid the sleeve looking crammed). This is, why I turn to you all in hopes of getting an answer to this question :)) Thank you all in advance :D