US 101st Airborne Market Garden Jump Kit

This Set is a fully authentic World War 2 101^st Airbrone “Pre-Jump” Market Garden set. Rebuilt piece by piece with authentic issued and unissued stock sourced from various museums, nations, and collectors. There are no reproduction pieces present on this set, as is the goal of all our sets.

Operation Market Garden , Ground Force operation that took place between the 17^th and 25^th of September 1944. Under the command of the 1^st Airborne Army the 101^st Airborne, 82^nd Airborne, British 1^st Airborne Division and the 1^st Independent Polish Parachute Brigade were dropped throughout the Netherlands with the goal of seizing critical bridgeheads and routes to allow Allied Forces to advance rapidly into Germany. The operation was ultimately unable to meet its goal of securing an intact bridgehead across the Lower Rhine River into Germany.

This set contains the following components

• M42 trousers and Jump blouse. Jump blouse marked FOOIE inside jacket and has rank of CPL.
  Cochran Jump boots with original soles and laces
• Appropriate (police brass) trouser belt
• M1 fixed bale helmet with original netting and unissued ww2 old stock impregnated jute strips
• Unissued old stock ww2 FAK
• M1C helmet liner with original chin strap
• M2 Schrade Pocket knife with original lanyard
• Type 1 Paratrooper gloves
• T-10 shortened shovel with cover
• Original issued let down rope
• Musette bag
• Original leg ties from a 101st museum exhibit
• Original felt pads sourced from a museum
• Unissued Market Garden Arm Oil Cloth Arm Band
• T-5 Modified parachute harness marked to the 506^thPIR commanded by Robert Sink
• T-5 reliance 1944 reserve chute (still packed)
• Original carlisle bandage and pouch, unopened
• M196 Belt and Suspenders
• 3x Hamlin Canvas Co M1 carbine pouches
• Taylor navigation wrist compass
• Atlas Awning Company 1943 M1 Carbine leg Bag
• USM8 Trench knife in a USM3 hard scabbard with intact leather lanyard
• M1A1 Paratrooper Carbine, CMP Certified, near mint condition
• A11 Navigation “Hack” Watch by Waltham. Functional and recently serviced.
• B-4 Mae West Lifejacket, Marked RS for Robert Sink, CO of the 506^th PIR
• 101^st Airborne Map of the Maeyesk Landing zone
• British made US Airborne Gas Brassard
• Original WW2 M7 Assault Gas Mask bag with M4 gasmask and unopened Canisters
• A11 Waltham Navigation “Hack” Contract Wristwatch. Functional and recently serviced.