US Escape and Evasion "Atlantic" Kit Luftwaffe Headgear This is the final pattern

This is the final pattern and is what they call the “double fill” style

DOD: 23 Oct 1996

The brass eagle on the handle is nicely toned and a good fit to the handle

The interior is unlined and has a built-in cloth waist belt

and during World War II

US Escape and Evasion "Atlantic" Kit Luftwaffe Headgear This is the final patternUS Escape and Evasion "Atlantic" Kit These Atlantic kits were documented in the wonderful hardcover book; United States Navy Wings of Gold from 1917 to the Present by Tomas Carmichael and Ron Willis. In it the authors show photographs of an unsealed "Atlantic" kit and wrote: World War II United States Navy Escape and Evasion Barter "Atlantic Kit". The contents of the sealed hard rubber kits varied in contents, they were developed for use in Europe and