Hello everybody! thank you for the feedback. As a matter of fact I understand and share your doubts, still I am not sure the BD blouse has been made up. I mean, it looks like some kind of come back item, rather than a deliberate fake. Who would add the arc nationality titles on purpose, knowing that they would have been redundant? On the other hand, could an engineer seconded to the 5th US Army have wanted to add some titles that would explain openly his national belonging to the usually quite ignorant GIs? The BD blouse did not come alone, but in a lot (that could have put together) comprehensive of a 1940 dated SA MK II helmet, a pair of 1945 dated SA made battledress trousers, Canadian webbing belt, suspenders, revolver holster and compass pouch. So in the event the price paid for the BD blouse is balanced by the effective value of the other items in the lot (this is the second time only I have seen a pair of South African made BD trousers in almost 40 years of collecting).
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