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Old 04-09-09, 06:41 PM
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Originally Posted by WJ Miller View Post
, This fellow (Craftsman Ernie Barker) also has a unique painted jerkin with the 2 Tk Tps Workshop "Howling Wolf" (right breast) and a very Canadian maple leaf (left breast).

Anyone have any other photo of this practice??
IIRC there was an article, in Militaria Magazine, about painted jerkins being worn by Free French Commandos in NW Europe 1944/45.
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