Original German WWII Luftwaffe Officer Oberstleutnant Leather Flight Jacket Category_Martini-Henry Rifles and has not been altered

and has not been altered in shape

Army Post in Columbus

- Fabricated from 18 Gauge Steel

This helmet is stamped 882Cwhich indicates the approximate manufacture date of March 1944

and HM on the cylinder

Original German WWII Luftwaffe Officer Oberstleutnant Leather Flight Jacket Category_Martini-Henry Rifles and has not been alteredOriginal Item: Only One Available. Development of protective flight uniforms and equipment began with the advent of military aircraft in WWI and continued on into the Weimar and the Third Reich eras, resulting in three distinct one piece combination pattern flight suits being approved before WWII and worn for the duration of the war. Regulations of July 4TH 1940 and April 24TH 1941 introduced two piece protective flight suits for fighter pilots