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United States of America. WW2 IKE Field Jacket of a Sergeant and Combat Leader of the 84th Infantry Division, 9th Army, 1944. Eisenhower jacket or «Ike» jacket, officially known as the M-1944 Jacket, Field, Wool, Olive Drab
The 84th Infantry Division—nicknamed the “Railsplitters”—was activated on October 15, 1942, as part of the United States Army. After being deployed overseas, it landed in the European Theater of Operations in the autumn of 1944. It took part in key campaigns such as Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe. During its service in the war, the 84th fought in major offensives: it captured towns and positions in Germany, crossed decisive rivers such as the Roer and the Rhine, advanced to the Elbe, and made contact with Soviet troops on May 2, 1945. The division also liberated two satellite camps of the Neuengamme concentration camp: Ahlem (Hannover-Ahlem) on April 10, 1945, and Salzwedel on April 14, 1945—an achievement that grants it official recognition as a “Liberating Unit.” After the end of the war, the 84th was deactivated on January 21, 1946, upon returning to the United States.
The jacket bears the original regulation label PQD No. 437 and the manufacturing date of June 3, 1944.
The collar badges belong to the Coast Artillery.
On the sleeves it features the patches of the 9th Army and the 84th Infantry Division, the rank of Sergeant, and the green Combat Leader stripe.
On the chest are ribbon bars for the World War II Victory Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, the American Campaign Medal, and the European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with three Service Stars. On the right side, it has the Honorable Discharge Emblem, better known as the “Ruptured Duck.”
Original U.S. uniform from the Second World War.
