Original U.S. WWII Rare Red Ball Express Sleeve Patch - Theater-Made Category_Flintlock Pistols As with most M1A1 sets

As with most M1A1 sets on the market recently

The leather liner chinstrap is absent

secured with staples on two corners and bearing the correct ink stamps over the other two corners

There are areas of missing paint

Original U.S. WWII Rare Red Ball Express Sleeve Patch - Theater-Made Category_Flintlock Pistols As with most M1A1 setsOriginal Item. Only One Available. The Red Ball Express was an American truck convoy system that supplied Allied forces moving through Europe after breaking out from the D Day beaches in Normandy in the summer of 1944. To expedite cargo shipments to the front, trucks emblazoned with red balls followed a similarly marked route that was closed to civilian traffic. The trucks also had priority on regular roads. Conceived in an urgent 36 hour meeting, the