Korean War Silk Blood Chit Construction_Lambskin Enameled American flag design snap

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The Korean War blood chit is less frequently reproduced than WWII or Vietnam variants

The text translates roughly as: "This foreign person has come to China to help in the war effort

and resistant to the moisture and field conditions that would destroy paper or cotton

Korean War Silk Blood Chit Construction_Lambskin Enameled American flag design snapThe 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,