Original U.S. WWII USMC Composer Larry Wagner M-1941 Field Jacket with Hand Drawn Cartoon Japanese Edged Weapons a similar strap was issued

a similar strap was issued for use with ammunition bags

in December 1941

but was forced to withdraw in the face of determined German resistance

and the stitching around the drawstring channel has pulled

The chin strap is the correct WWII OD Green with blacked brass stamped hardware

Original U.S. WWII USMC Composer Larry Wagner M-1941 Field Jacket with Hand Drawn Cartoon Japanese Edged Weapons a similar strap was issuedOriginal Item: One of a kind. Larry Wagner (September 15, 1907 April 3, 2002) was an American arranger, composer, and bandleader. He worked for the band of Paul Whiteman and was long associated with Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra. His compositions "Whistler's Mother in Law", "No Name Jive" and "Turn Back the Hands of Time" became nationally popular. Wagner joined Whiteman's outfit permanently in 1936,[5] but left as an employee in November of