Original U.S. WWII British-Made Combat Infantry Badge with Faint Maker’s Mark - CIB nChannel with the date completely worn

with the date completely worn away

The original data tag reads:

Still has its original leather washer

while the rest of the bomber crew usually wore heavier fleece-lined Type B-3 or ANJ-4 (and later B-9 and B-11 parkas) which were warmer and better suited to long hours in the severe cold

There is no maker mark that we can see on the cuffs

Original U.S. WWII British-Made Combat Infantry Badge with Faint Maker’s Mark - CIB nChannel with the date completely wornOriginal Item. Only One Available. The Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB) is a United States Army military decoration. The badge is awarded to infantrymen and Special Forces soldiers in the rank of colonel and below, who fought in active ground combat while assigned as members of either an Infantry or Special Forces unit of brigade size or smaller at any time after 6 December 1941. For those soldiers who are not members of an infantry, or Special Forces