What size are the footman loops

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What size are the footman loops

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on an M38A1? I got 1" loops off Ebay, and they are too small
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2 1/8" center to center
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DG....
Seems like lots of sellers don't have a clue about the correct footman loop for the M38 & A1. After receiving WWII era footman loops from not one, but two big East Coast vendors, I received the correct loops from George Baxter at AJP in Levittown, PA. They are NOS, packed in March 1952....
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