During WWII, nearly every men's clothing company made uniforms for the troops with many offering their own, slightly modified versions of the service uniforms. These aftermarket M41's often had cotton lining or removable linings of varying weights. Our Summer M41's are representative of one of the many options a soldier with some extra pay could choose from. (I have also owned two original issue M41's that had tailor modified removable linings.)

Rather than the more typical cotton poplin, for these jackets we used cotton twill for the shell (outside) fabric which is the same material used for Tankers and Jump uniforms. It's slightly heavier than the poplin and was only made in olive drab no.3 as opposed to the greener no. 2 shade used for the poplin. This gives the jackets a higher quality feel, makes up for the lighter lining, and they are more of a golden tan (aka "khaki") shade. Yes, the cloth is historically correct as the Quartermaster permitted some manufacturers to use twill during the War due to chronic shortages of the specified poplin.

The Summer M41's are thus identical to our twill M1941 Field Jackets except that they are lined with cotton fabric instead of wool. Eliminating the flannel lining reduces the price, creates a cooler jacket for wear at warm weather events, is far less historically offensive than a sparkling polyester lining, and allows the jacket to be washed and dried in a machine.

Externally, there is no way to distinguish these from flannel lined jackets.

Color: These are the same color as authentic WWII M41 field jackets- olive drab, shade number 3, which is an olive tan color. It is not beige or truly "khaki".

Sizing: Order your normal jacket size.

Care: Although these are washer/ dryer safe, cold wash and hang dry is still the best option for longest life and least fading.

Shrinkage: These will shrink 1.5 - 2 inches in length. We added material to compensate. There is almost no shrinkage in diameter (chest/ waist measure).

Detergent: We use Arm and Hammer, Tide or Woolite.

Never use bleach! Only meatheads use bleach on military uniforms and we know none of our customers are meatheads.

100% cotton

Imported