Korean War Silk Blood Chit leather motorcycle vest 22" (56 cm)

22" (56 cm)

Military Airlift Command (MAC) stamp — mid-war standardized issue

Unlined for direct feel

5" (65 cm)

heavier than most commercially available G-1 jackets

Korean War Silk Blood Chit leather motorcycle vest 22" (56 cm)The Korean War blood chit was issued to UN forces aircrew flying over the Korean peninsula from 1950 to 1953 a conflict where downed pilots faced a complex survival environment spanning territory controlled by North Korean, Chinese, and South Korean forces simultaneously. The blood chit addressed this directly: it displayed the flags of the United States, Great Britain, South Korea, and the United Nations, and printed survival text in English,