Original U.S. WWII Ledo Road CBI Rare British-Made Pattern Battledress Uniform Jacket with Theater-Made Bullion Insignia French Machine Guns The handle itself does show

The handle itself does show signs of heavy use as well as more modern repairs

Below this it is etched with the 1935-41 Eickhorn trademark: a seated squirrel holding a sword

and there is a stamp reading 1939

Blade and ricasso still show some of the original black finish

and later Werksicherheitsdienst (Factory Security Service)

Original U.S. WWII Ledo Road CBI Rare British-Made Pattern Battledress Uniform Jacket with Theater-Made Bullion Insignia French Machine Guns The handle itself does showOriginal Item. One of a Kind. Your eyes do not deceive you! This may look very much like an Ike Jacket, but its actually an earlier British made battledress utilized by an American soldier. This example is made of very fuzzy wool and almost resembles a teddy bear of the period. This uniform was utilized by a member of the Ledo Road Construction crew in the CBI (China Burma India) Theater. The uniform bears a gorgeous bullion theater made CBI patch on