Persian Gulf Silk Blood Chit Leather back collar strap beneath the

back collar strap beneath the RAF patch

The Gulf War blood chit is effectively the final major-conflict blood chit in the traditional sense — the end of a program that began with WWII

Pair it with a flight jacket for display

Two side-entry canvas handwarmer pockets

2-inch elasticized wrist cuff — more coverage at the sleeve gap than short wrist

Persian Gulf Silk Blood Chit Leather back collar strap beneath theThe Persian Gulf blood chit was issued to coalition aircrew during Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm (199091) the most linguistically comprehensive blood chit ever produced, printed in 13 languages to cover the diverse civilian populations of the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, and surrounding regions. The languages included Arabic in multiple dialects, Farsi, Kurdish, Turkish, and others a deliberate decision by planners who anticipated